Welcome to Clear Creek ...

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

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

Clear Creek would have been located within present day Wise County<2>.

The location of Clear 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 Clear Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Clear Creek is 2,140 feet [652 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Clear Creek is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

The location where Clear Creek once stood is in the (276) area code.

Communities Also Named Clear Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Clear Creek - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, California (3), Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas (4), Kentucky (2), Missouri (2), Nevada, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Ontario, Oregon, Texas (3), Utah (3), West Virginia and Yukon.

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

Communities near Clear Creek ...

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

• Big Stone Gap
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Stone Gap
  • Big Stone Gap is located in Wise County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,104 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Stone Gap <5>
• Jenkins
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
  • Jenkins is located in Letcher County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,895 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jenkins <5>
• Coeburn
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coeburn
  • Coeburn is located in Wise County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,835 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coeburn <5>
• Whitesburg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
  • Whitesburg is located in Letcher County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,813 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesburg <5>
• Appalachia
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachia
  • Appalachia is located in Wise County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,523 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Appalachia <5>
• Clintwood
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintwood
  • Clintwood is located in Dickenson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,264 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clintwood <5>
• Pound
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
  • Pound is located in Wise County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pound <5>
• Saint Paul
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Paul have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
  • Saint Paul is located in Wise County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Paul <5>
• Lynch
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
  • Lynch is located in Harlan County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynch <5>
• Fleming - Neon
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fleming - Neon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
  • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 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 Clear Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clear Creek.

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

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

Adding Clear Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clear 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 Clear Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Clear Creek post office opened in 1914.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Wise County: www.wisecounty.org/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/