Welcome to Hunting Creek ...So far, we found very little information about Hunting Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Hunting Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hunting Creek, please Contact Us. Hunting Creek would have been located within present day Wilkes County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Hunting Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856. A typical abbreviation for Hunting Creek: Hunting Crk. (or less commonly used: Hunting Ck. or Hunting Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Hunting Creek is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Hunting Creek was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Hunting Creek was located: 336 & 743<4> Communities Also Named Hunting Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Hunting Creek - they are located in Georgia, Utah and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hunting Creek. Communities near Hunting Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hunting Creek.
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 Hunting Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hunting Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hunting 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 Hunting Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunting Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Hunting Creek. Adding Hunting Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Hunting 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 Hunting Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Hunting Creek. Footnotes ...
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