Welcome to English Creek ...

English Creek is located in Atlantic County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of English Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859.

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

English Creek is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for English Creek: 609 & 640<3>

Communities Also Named English Creek ...

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

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

Communities near English Creek ...

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

• Atlantic City
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Atlantic City is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,569 people
• Pleasantville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pleasantville is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,060 people
• Ocean City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ocean City is located in Cape May County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,902 people
• Somers Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Somers Point is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Point
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,153 people
• Ventnor City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Ventnor City is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventnor City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,872 people
• Absecon
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Absecon is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absecon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
• Brigantine
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Brigantine is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigantine
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,577 people
• Northfield
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Northfield is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,047 people
• Linwood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Linwood is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,635 people
• Margate City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Margate City is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margate City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,801 people

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

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

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

Adding English Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of English 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 English Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the English Creek post office opened in 1859. The English Creek post office closed in 1908.

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