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Welcome to Barcreek ...

Barcreek is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barcreek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Barcreek is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Barcreek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Barcreek: 606

Communities near Barcreek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barcreek.

  • Manchester
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Annville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Hyden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Booneville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Buckhorn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Teges
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Teges is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teges
  • Bear Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bear Branch is located in Leslie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
  • Big Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Creek is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
  • Laurel Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Laurel Creek is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek
  • Mistletoe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mistletoe is located in Owsley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Barcreek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barcreek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barcreek. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barcreek.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barcreek. See our Newspapers Page for Barcreek.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barcreek ...

Looking for more information about Barcreek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Barcreek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Barcreek.

Adding Barcreek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barcreek in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Barcreek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Barcreek post office opened in 1900. The Barcreek post office closed in 1969.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barcreek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Barcreek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/