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Welcome to Creek ...

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.


Creek would have been located within present day Clarke County<2>.


The location of 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 Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1909.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Creek is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Creek was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Creek would have been located in the (601) and (769)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Creek - they are located in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Creek ...

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

  • 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.<3> 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 <6>
  • 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.<3> 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 <6>
  • 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
  • Silas
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silas
    • Silas is located in Choctaw County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silas <6>
  • Shubuta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shubuta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubuta
    • Shubuta is located in Clarke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
  • Gilbertown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Toxey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toxey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
    • Toxey is located in Choctaw County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Needham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Needham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
    • Needham is located in Choctaw County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
  • Melvin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
    • Melvin is located in Choctaw County (AL)
  • Okatuppa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Okatuppa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okatuppa
    • Okatuppa is located in Choctaw County (AL)

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

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

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

Adding Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of 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 Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Creek post office opened in 1909.

We also found Creek on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Creek.

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>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Clarke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (769) is an overlay for area code (601).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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