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Welcome to Shooting Creek ...

Shooting Creek is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shooting Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1849.

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

Shooting Creek is 2,060 feet [628 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Shooting Creek: 828

Communities Also Named Shooting Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Shooting Creek - it's located in Virginia.

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

Communities near Shooting Creek ...

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

  • Jacksonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Jacksonville is located in Towns County (GA)
    • Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
  • Franklin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Clayton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
    • Clayton is located in Rabun County (GA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,103 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clayton <3>
  • Andrews
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Andrews have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
    • Andrews is located in Cherokee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,855 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andrews <3>
  • Young Harris
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Young Harris have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Harris
    • Young Harris is located in Towns County (GA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Young Harris <3>
  • Mountain City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
    • Mountain City is located in Rabun County (GA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,113 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain City <3>
  • Hiawassee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Blairsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hayesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Tiger
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger
    • Tiger is located in Rabun County (GA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tiger <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shooting Creek ...

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

Adding Shooting Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Shooting Creek post office opened in 1849.

We also found Shooting Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shooting 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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/