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Welcome to Happy Creek ...

Happy Creek is located in Warren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Happy Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

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

Happy Creek is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Happy Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Happy Creek: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Happy Creek ...

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

  • Petersburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Winchester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Front Royal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Strasburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Berryville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stephens City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Middletown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Boyce
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Toms Brook
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • The Plains
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Happy Creek ...

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

Adding Happy Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Happy 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 Happy Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Happy Creek post office opened in 1873. The Happy Creek post office closed in 1955.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Warren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Happy 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 Happy Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Happy 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>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/