Welcome to Shorts Creek ...Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Shorts Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. A typical abbreviation for Shorts Creek: Shorts Crk. (or less commonly used: Shorts Ck. or Shorts Cr.) See our Genealogy Helper Page for Shorts Creek for more information about variations on the name of Shorts Creek. Shorts Creek is 2,180 feet [664 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Shorts Creek is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Shorts Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Shorts Creek: 276 Communities near Shorts Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shorts Creek.
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 Shorts Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shorts Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shorts 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 Shorts Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shorts Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Shorts Creek. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shorts Creek ...Looking for more information about Shorts 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 Shorts Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Shorts Creek. Adding Shorts Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Shorts 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 Shorts Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Shorts Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Shorts Creek. Footnotes ...
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