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Welcome to Steel Creek ...

So far, we found very little information about Steel Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Steel Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Steel Creek, please Contact Us.

Steel Creek would have been located within present day Mecklenburg County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Steel Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Steel Creek is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Steel Creek was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Steel Creek was located: 704 & 980<4>

Communities near Steel Creek ...

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

  • Charlotte
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gastonia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Rock Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Huntersville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Indian Trail
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Matthews
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Mint Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Fort Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Waxhaw
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Stallings
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

Adding Steel Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Steel 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 Steel Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Steel Creek post office opened in 1873. The Steel Creek post office closed in 1902.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Steel Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Mecklenburg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Steel Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Steel Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Steel Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/