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Welcome to Fines Creek ...

Fines Creek is located in Haywood County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fines Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

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

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Fines Creek for more information about variations on the name of Fines Creek.

Fines Creek is 2,510 feet [765 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Fines Creek is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Fines Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Fines Creek: 828

Communities near Fines Creek ...

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

  • Waynesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Canton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • West Myers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • West Myers is located in Cocke County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
  • Hazelwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
  • Clyde
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Clyde is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <3>
  • Maggie Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Marshall
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hot Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Trust
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Trust is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
  • Sandymush
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Sandymush is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush
    • Sandymush has also been known as:
    • Sandy Mush

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fines Creek ...

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

Adding Fines Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fines Creek in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Fines Creek was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Haywood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fines Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.