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Welcome to Hunlock Creek ...

Hunlock Creek is located in Luzerne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hunlock Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

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

Hunlock Creek is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hunlock Creek: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Hunlock Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hunlock 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 Hunlock Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hunlock Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hunlock Creek ...

Looking for more information about Hunlock 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Hunlock Creek, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Hunlock Creek.

Adding Hunlock Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hunlock 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 Hunlock Creek was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hunlock Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Luzerne County: www.luzernecounty.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Luzerne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hunlock Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Hunlock Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Hunlock Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.




 

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