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Welcome to Pine Creek ...

Pine Creek is located in Schuyler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pine Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.

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

Pine Creek is 1,490 feet [454 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pine Creek: 607

Communities Also Named Pine Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Pine Creek - they are located in Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Manitoba, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Pine Creek ...

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

  • Corning
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Horseheads
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bath
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Bath is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,407 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <3>
  • Elmira Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Painted Post
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Watkins Glen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
    • Former names for Watkins Glen:
    • Jefferson
    • Salubria
    • Watkins
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <3>
  • Addison
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Dundee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Montour Falls
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • South Corning
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • South Corning is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 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 Pine Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pine Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pine Creek ...

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

Adding Pine Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pine Creek post office opened in 1862. The Pine Creek post office closed in 1878.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Schuyler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pine 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>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/