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Welcome to Defeated Creek ...

Defeated Creek is located in Letcher County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Defeated Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

A typical abbreviation for Defeated Creek: Defeated Crk. (or less commonly used: Defeated Ck. or Defeated Cr.)

Defeated Creek is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Defeated Creek: 606

Communities near Defeated Creek ...

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

  • Big Stone Gap
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hazard
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cumberland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Whitesburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Appalachia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Evarts
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hindman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Lynch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fleming - Neon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
  • Benham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Defeated Creek ...

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

Adding Defeated Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Defeated Creek post office opened in 1909. The Defeated Creek post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Defeated Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Letcher, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Defeated Creek - 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/