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Welcome to Mountain Creek ...

So far, we found very little information about Mountain Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Mountain Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mountain Creek, please Contact Us.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mountain Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for Mountain Creek: Mtn. Creek

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mountain Creek is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Mountain Creek was located: 601 & 769<4>

Communities Also Named Mountain Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Mountain Creek - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.

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

Websites for Mountain Creek ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rankinchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Mountain Creek, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Mountain Creek ...

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

  • Jackson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Pearl
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Pearl is located in Rankin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,560 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl <5>
  • Brandon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Byram
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Flowood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowood have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowood
    • Flowood is located in Rankin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,556 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flowood <5>
  • Richland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Crystal Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Florence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
    • Florence is located in Rankin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,531 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florence <5>
  • Mendenhall
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mendenhall have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall
    • Mendenhall is located in Simpson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,393 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mendenhall <5>
  • Raymond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymond have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
    • Raymond is located in Hinds County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,082 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymond <5>

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

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

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

Adding Mountain Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Mountain Creek post office opened in 1877.

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

The official website for Rankin County: www.rankincounty.org/

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 Mountain 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 Rankin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mountain Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Mountain Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Mountain Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<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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