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Welcome to Field Creek ...

Field Creek is located in Hill Country.

Field Creek is located in Llano County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Field Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

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

Field Creek is 1,400 feet [427 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Field Creek lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Field Creek ...

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

  • Llano
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Valley Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fredonia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Castell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Art
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cherokee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Voca
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Baby Head ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Baby Head is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
  • Camp San Saba
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Camp San Saba is located in McCulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp San Saba
  • Hedwigs Hill ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hedwigs Hill is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwigs Hill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Field Creek ...

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

Adding Field Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Field 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 (so far) for Field Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Field Creek post office opened in 1878. The Field Creek post office closed in 1974.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Llano, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Field Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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