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Welcome to Fall Creek ...

Fall Creek is located in Oconee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fall Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

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

Fall Creek is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fall Creek: 864 & 821<3>

Communities Also Named Fall Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Fall Creek - they are located in Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, North Carolina (2), Tennessee (2), Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Fall Creek ...

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

  • Easley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Clemson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Seneca
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Central
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Walhalla
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pendleton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Pickens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Liberty
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Westminster
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Highlands
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fall Creek ...

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

Adding Fall Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fall Creek in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fall Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Fall Creek post office opened in 1871.

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

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

The official website for Oconee County: www.oconeesc.com/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Oconee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fall 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 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Fall Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Fall 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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