Welcome to Creekville ...

Creekville is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Creekville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1928.

Creekville is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Creekville: 606

Communities near Creekville ...

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

• Manchester
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Manchester is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,277 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manchester <3>
• Loyall
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Loyall is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
• Hyden
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hyden is located in Leslie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyden
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyden <3>
• Wallins Creek
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
  • Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
• Buckhorn
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Buckhorn is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buckhorn <3>
• Roark
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Roark is located in Leslie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark
• Ashers Fork
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ashers Fork is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork
• Bear Branch
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bear Branch is located in Leslie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
• Big Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Big Creek is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
• Essie
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Essie is located in Leslie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie

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 Creekville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Creekville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Creekville. 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 Creekville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Creekville ...

Looking for more information about Creekville? 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 Creekville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Creekville.

Adding Creekville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Creekville 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 Creekville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Creekville post office opened in 1928. The Creekville post office closed in 1972.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Creekville.