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Welcome to Post Creek ...

Post Creek is located in Chemung County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Post Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1843.

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

Post Creek is 1,170 feet [357 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Post Creek: 607

Communities Also Named Post Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Post Creek - they are located in Kansas and Montana.

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

Websites for Post Creek ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.chemungchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Post Creek, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Post Creek ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Post Creek ...

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

Adding Post Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Post Creek post office opened in 1843.

We also found Post Creek in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Footnotes ...

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