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Welcome to Ashley Creek ...

Ashley Creek is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Ashley Creek is located in Texas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ashley Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1936.

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

Ashley Creek is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Ashley Creek ...

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

  • Salem
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Licking
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Houston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Summersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Raymondville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Akers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Akers is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
  • Coulstone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Coulstone is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
  • Jadwin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jadwin is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
  • Darien
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Darien is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
  • Hartshorn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ashley Creek ...

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

Adding Ashley Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ashley Creek post office opened in 1936. The Ashley Creek post office closed in 1951.

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

Footnotes ...

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