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Welcome to Piney Creek ...Piney Creek is located in Alleghany County<1>. The location of Piney Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Piney Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860. A typical abbreviation for Piney Creek: Piney Crk. (or less commonly used: Piney Ck. or Piney Cr.) Piney Creek is 2,750 feet [838 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Piney Creek is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Piney Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Piney Creek: (336) Communities Also Named Piney Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Piney Creek - they are located in Colorado, Maryland (2) and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Piney Creek. Communities near Piney Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Piney 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 Piney Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Piney Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Piney 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 Piney Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Piney Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Piney Creek. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Piney Creek ...Looking for more information about Piney 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Piney Creek, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Piney Creek. Adding Piney Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Piney 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 for Piney Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Piney Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Piney Creek. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Piney Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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