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Welcome to Lime Creek ...

Lime Creek is located in Murray County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lime Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

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

Lime Creek is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lime Creek: 507 & 924<3>

Communities Also Named Lime Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Lime Creek - they are located in Colorado and Michigan.

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

Communities near Lime Creek ...

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

  • Worthington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Slayton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Westbrook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Heron Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Heron Lake is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
  • Brewster
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Brewster is located in Nobles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
  • Wilmont
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Chandler
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Chandler is located in Murray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
  • Currie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Storden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Storden is located in Cottonwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
  • Okabena
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Okabena is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okabena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 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 Lime Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lime Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lime Creek ...

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

Adding Lime Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lime Creek post office opened in 1889. The Lime Creek post office closed in 1971.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Murray, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lime Creek - 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 507 code has been Overlayed with the 924 area code. New phone numbers in the Lime Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Lime Creek 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/