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Welcome to Muddy Creek ...

Muddy Creek is located in Forsyth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Muddy Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1833.

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

Muddy Creek is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Muddy Creek: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Muddy Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Muddy Creek - they are located in Kansas, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Muddy Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Muddy 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 Muddy Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Muddy Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Muddy Creek ...

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

Adding Muddy Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Muddy 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 Muddy Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Muddy Creek post office opened in 1833. The Muddy Creek post office closed in 1859.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Forsyth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Muddy 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Muddy Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Muddy 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/