Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Creek, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Creek (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Creek. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Creek is historic, it would have been located within present day Clarke County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clarke County: Choctaw (AL), Jasper, Lauderdale & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Creek:
- Clarke County (The home county of Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creek, with the one closest to Creek listed first.
- Junction City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Clarke County
- Gin ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - De Soto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Quitman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quitman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Quitman is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <3>
- Shubuta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Stonewall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Enterprise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <3>
- Pachuta
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Barnett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creek, with the one closest to Creek listed first.
- Orange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Orange is located in Jasper County
- Stafford Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Springs
- Stafford Springs is located in Jasper County
- Vossburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vossburg
- Vossburg is located in Jasper County
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fellowship. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Heidelberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg
- Heidelberg is located in Jasper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heidelberg <3>
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creek, with the one closest to Creek listed first.
- Increase
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
- Increase is located in Lauderdale County
- Increase has also been known as:
- Causeyville
- Whynot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County
- Vimville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County
- Russell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County
- Meridian
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Meridian is located in Lauderdale County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,011 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <3>
- Smith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Smith is located in Lauderdale County
- Lost Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creek, with the one closest to Creek listed first.
- Matherville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Matherville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
- Matherville is located in Wayne County
- Waynesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesboro
- Waynesboro is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,866 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynesboro <3>
- Whistler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Robinsons Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Junction
- Robinsons Junction is located in Wayne County
- Choctaw County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creek, with the one closest to Creek listed first.
- Melvin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Okatuppa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Needham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Toxey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Red Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Red Springs is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Gilbertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertown
- Gilbertown is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbertown <3>
- Emory
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Pushmataha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Isney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Souwilpa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Butler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Butler is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <3>
- Lisman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Lisman is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Clarke County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creek, with the one closest to Creek listed first.
- Fakit Chipunta ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fakit Chipunta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakit Chipunta
- Fakit Chipunta is located in Clarke County (AL)
- Morvin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Coffeeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coffeeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Coffeeville is located in Clarke County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coffeeville <3>
- Campbell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Campbell is located in Clarke County (AL)
- Marengo County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creek, with the one closest to Creek listed first.
- Putnam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Putnam is located in Marengo County (AL)
- Barrons ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east) - Nanafalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanafalia
- Nanafalia is located in Marengo County (AL)
- Sumter County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creek, with the one closest to Creek listed first.
- Kinterbish
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Ward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Cuba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Cuba is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- Derby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Derby is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Washington County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creek, with the one closest to Creek listed first.
- Healing Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Healing Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County (AL)
- Mehaffey ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehaffey
- Mehaffey is located in Washington County (AL)
- Millry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millry
- Millry is located in Washington County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millry <3>
- Copeland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Creek.
Cemeteries Near Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Creek.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Creek, with the one closest to Creek listed first.
- Stroud Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stroud Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stroud Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bass Everett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bass Everett Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bass Everett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57875 <5>
- Carmichael Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carmichael Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carmichael Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Zion Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Chapel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Brightwater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brightwater Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brightwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Manassa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manassa Cemetery
- The Manassa Cemetery has also been known as:
- Manassa Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #60655 <5>
- Providence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Providence Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Providence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Berry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berry Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Elim Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elim Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (269 more) ...
- Andrews Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andrews Chapel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Andrews Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bogueloosa Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bogueloosa Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bogueloosa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Andrews Chapel Cemetery
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Creek, with the one closest to Creek listed first.
- Melvin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Carmichael
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmichael have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmichael
- Carmichael is located in Clarke County
- Hinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Matherville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Matherville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
- Matherville is located in Wayne County
- Lusk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Emory
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Energy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - De Soto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Quitman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quitman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Quitman is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <3>
- Isney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Souwilpa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Pushmataha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Shubuta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Butler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Butler is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <3>
- Tokio
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Shubuta
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Creek.
Newspapers Published in Creek ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Creek, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Creek:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Mississippi Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Clarke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lauderdale County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wayne County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Choctaw County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clarke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marengo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sumter County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Washington County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jasper County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Clarke County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Clarke County
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9996, Longitude: -88.4806 In this case, the coordinates for Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |