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Welcome to Barren Creek ...Barren Creek is located in Kanawha County<1>. The location of Barren Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Barren Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907. A typical abbreviation for Barren Creek: Barren Crk. (or less commonly used: Barren Ck. or Barren Cr.) Barren Creek is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Barren Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Barren Creek: (304) and (681)<4> Communities Also Named Barren Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Barren Creek - it's located in Maryland. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barren Creek. Communities near Barren Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barren 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 Barren Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barren Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barren 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 Barren Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barren Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Barren Creek. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barren Creek ...Looking for more information about Barren 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 Barren Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Barren Creek. Adding Barren Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Barren 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 Barren Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Barren Creek on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Barren Creek. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Barren Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Kanawha County: www.kanawha.us/ The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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