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Welcome to Spring Creek ...So far, we found very little information about Spring Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Spring Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Spring Creek, please Contact Us. Spring Creek would have been located within present day Wilson County<2>. The location of Spring Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Creek, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. A typical abbreviation for Spring Creek: Spring Crk. (or less commonly used: Spring Ck. or Spring Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Spring Creek is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Spring Creek was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Spring Creek once stood is in the (615) area code. Communities Also Named Spring Creek ...While we believe that this Spring Creek is located in Wilson County, we know of another 6 Tennessee communities named Spring Creek. Those communities are located in the following counties: Henry, Lawrence, Madison, McMinn, Perry and Warren County. Beyond Tennessee, there are 42 communities that are also named Spring Creek - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California (2), Florida, Illinois, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (3), South Dakota, Texas (4), Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Creek. Communities near Spring Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Spring 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 Spring Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spring Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Spring 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 Spring Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Spring Creek. Adding Spring Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Spring 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 Spring Creek was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Spring Creek. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Wilson County: www.wilsoncountytn.com/ The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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