Welcome to Barbours Creek ...
Barbours Creek is located in Craig County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Barbours Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.
A typical abbreviation for Barbours Creek: Barbours Crk. (or less commonly used: Barbours Ck. or Barbours Cr.)
See our Genealogy Helper Page for Barbours Creek for more information about variations on the name of Barbours Creek.
Barbours Creek is 1,320 feet [402 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Barbours Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Barbours Creek: 540 & 826<3>
Communities near Barbours Creek ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barbours Creek.
- Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Covington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covington have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Covington is located in Covington City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,639 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <4>
- Troutville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fincastle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oriskany
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Haymakertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymakertown
- Haymakertown is located in Botetourt County
- Abbott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Abbott is located in Craig County
- Amsterdam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Amsterdam. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Amsterdam is located in Botetourt County
- Daleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Barbours Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barbours Creek.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barbours 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 Barbours Creek.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barbours Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Barbours Creek.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barbours Creek ...
Looking for more information about Barbours 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 Barbours Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Barbours Creek.
Adding Barbours Creek to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Barbours 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 for Barbours Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Barbours Creek post office opened in 1906.
We also found Barbours Creek on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Barbours Creek.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Craig, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Barbours Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Barbours Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Barbours Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |