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Welcome to Dogcreek ...

Dogcreek is located in Hart County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dogcreek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Dogcreek is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Dogcreek lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Dogcreek (for example, toward Campbellsville), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Dogcreek: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Dogcreek ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dogcreek ...

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

Adding Dogcreek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dogcreek 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 Dogcreek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Dogcreek post office opened in 1874. The Dogcreek post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dogcreek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Hart, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dogcreek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Dogcreek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Dogcreek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/