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Welcome to Cherry Creek ...

Cherry Creek is located in Raleigh County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cherry Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1943.

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

Cherry Creek is 2,810 feet [856 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Cherry Creek is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Cherry Creek: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Cherry Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Cherry Creek - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia (2), Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas (2), Mississippi, Nevada (2), New York, South Dakota and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Cherry Creek ...

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

  • Beckley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hinton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mullens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Hope
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Mabscott
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mabscott is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabscott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
  • Sophia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Athens
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Meadow Bridge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
  • Lester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Lester is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
  • Matoaka
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Matoaka is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 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 Cherry Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cherry Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cherry Creek ...

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

Adding Cherry Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cherry 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 (so far) for Cherry Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cherry Creek post office opened in 1943. The Cherry Creek post office closed in 1953.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Raleigh, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cherry 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Cherry Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Cherry 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/