Welcome to Village Creek ...

Village Creek is located in Oconee County<1>.

The location of Village Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Village Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

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

Village Creek is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Village Creek is within the boundaries of the (864) area code.

Communities Also Named Village Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Village Creek - they are located in Alabama and Iowa.

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

Communities near Village Creek ...

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

• Anderson
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
  • Anderson is located in Anderson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,701 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <4>
• Easley
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley
  • Easley is located in Pickens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,626 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Easley <4>
• Clemson
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemson
  • Clemson is located in Pickens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,780 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clemson <4>
• Central
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Central is located in Pickens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,452 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central <4>
• Walhalla
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walhalla
  • Walhalla is located in Oconee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,460 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walhalla <4>
• Jarrett
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jarrett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
  • Jarrett is located in Stephens County (GA)
  • Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
• Pendleton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
  • Pendleton is located in Anderson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,313 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pendleton <4>
• Pickens
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickens
  • Pickens is located in Pickens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,185 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pickens <4>
• Liberty
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Liberty is located in Pickens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,150 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <4>
• Westminster
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
  • Westminster is located in Oconee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,598 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westminster <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Village Creek ...

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

Adding Village Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Village Creek post office opened in 1875.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Village 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/