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Welcome to Puppy Creek Ford ...

Puppy Creek Ford is located in Hoke County<1>.

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

Puppy Creek Ford is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Puppy Creek Ford: 910 & 472<3>

Communities near Puppy Creek Ford ...

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

  • Fayetteville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Hope Mills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Southern Pines
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Spring Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Aberdeen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Raeford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Eastover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Eastover is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastover
    • Estimated population in 2015: 3,677 people
  • Whispering Pines
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Pinebluff
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Puppy Creek Ford ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Hoke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Puppy Creek Ford - 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 910 code has been Overlayed with the 472 area code. New phone numbers in the Puppy Creek Ford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 910 or 472. As a result, placing a call in the Puppy Creek Ford 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.