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Welcome to Smoot Creek ...

Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Smoot Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

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

Smoot Creek is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Smoot Creek: 606

Communities near Smoot Creek ...

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

  • Hazard
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jenkins
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Cumberland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Whitesburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Appalachia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Pound
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Pound is located in Wise County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pound <3>
  • Hindman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lynch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Fleming - Neon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
  • Pippa Passes
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Smoot Creek ...

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

Adding Smoot Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Smoot Creek in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Smoot Creek post office opened in 1890. The Smoot Creek post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Smoot 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 Smoot 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/