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Welcome to Cedar Creek ...So far, we found very little information about Cedar Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Cedar Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cedar Creek, please Contact Us. Cedar Creek would have been located within present day Lowndes County<2>. The location of Cedar Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1833. A typical abbreviation for Cedar Creek: Cedar Crk. (or less commonly used: Cedar Ck. or Cedar Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Cedar Creek is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Cedar Creek was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Cedar Creek once stood is in the (662) area code. Communities Also Named Cedar Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Cedar Creek - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas (2), Colorado, Florida, Georgia (3), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska (2), New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina (4), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (3), Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Creek. Communities near Cedar Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cedar Creek.
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 Cedar Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cedar Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cedar 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 Cedar Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Cedar Creek. Adding Cedar Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cedar 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 for Cedar Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Cedar Creek. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/ Footnotes ...
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