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Welcome to Self Creek ...

Self Creek is located in Oktibbeha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Self Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

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

Self Creek is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Self Creek: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Self Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Self Creek - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Self Creek ...

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

  • Starkville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Eupora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Ackerman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Maben
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Maben is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maben
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 817 people
  • Mathiston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sturgis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Mantee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Mantee is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
  • Walthall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Walthall is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
  • Adaton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Adaton is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaton
  • Bradley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bradley is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Self Creek ...

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

Adding Self Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Self 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 (so far) for Self Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Self Creek post office opened in 1892. The Self Creek post office closed in 1904.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Oktibbeha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Self Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Self Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Self Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/