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Welcome to Hay Creek ...

Hay Creek is located in Goodhue County<1>.

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

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

Hay Creek is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Hay Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Hay Creek - they are located in Oregon, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hay Creek.

Communities near Hay Creek ...

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

  • Red Wing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lake City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Cannon Falls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Zumbrota
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ellsworth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Ellsworth is located in Pierce County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
  • Goodhue
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wanamingo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mazeppa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Pepin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Pepin is located in Pepin County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
  • Plum City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Plum City is located in Pierce County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 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 Hay Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hay Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hay Creek ...

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

Adding Hay Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hay Creek post office opened in 1874. The Hay Creek post office closed in 1902.

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

Footnotes ...

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