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Welcome to King Creek ...

So far, we found very little information about King Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added King Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with King Creek, please Contact Us.


King Creek would have been located within present day Roane County<2>.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for King Creek is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where King Creek was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from King Creek (for example, toward Lake Tansi Village), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The Area Code where King Creek was located: 865

Communities Also Named King Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named King Creek - it's located in Ontario.

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

Communities near King Creek ...

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

  • College Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • College Grove is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
  • Fairfield Glade
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Harriman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Loudon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Sweetwater
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Rogers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rogers is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
  • Spring City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Surprise
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Surprise is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 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 King Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for King Creek.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about King Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Roane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around King Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.