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Welcome to Willow Creek ...

Willow Creek is located

Willow Creek is located in Robertson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willow Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

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

Willow Creek is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Willow Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Willow Creek - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada (2), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah (3), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Willow Creek ...

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

  • Groesbeck
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Franklin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jewett
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Bremond
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Thornton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kosse
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Kosse is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kosse <3>
  • Marquez
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Bald Prairie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
  • Seale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Seale is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
  • Ridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ridge is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willow Creek ...

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

Adding Willow Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Willow Creek post office opened in 1858. The Willow Creek post office closed in 1867.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Robertson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willow 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/