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Welcome to Cream ...

Cream is located in Buffalo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cream, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Cream is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Cream ...

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

  • Winona
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Winona is located in Winona County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,545 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <3>
  • Goodview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Goodview is located in Winona County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,127 people
  • Arcadia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
  • Mondovi
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
  • Wabasha
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Wabasha is located in Wabasha County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabasha
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wabasha <3>
  • Independence
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Independence is located in Trempealeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
  • Buffalo City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Buffalo City is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
  • Buffalo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Buffalo is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Fountain City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Fountain City is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
  • Stockton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Stockton is located in Winona County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 773 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 Cream. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cream.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cream ...

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

Adding Cream to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cream 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 Cream was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cream post office opened in 1890. The Cream post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cream.

Footnotes ...

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