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Welcome to Lee Creek ...

Lee Creek is located in Wood County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lee Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

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

Lee Creek is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Lee Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Lee Creek - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Lee Creek ...

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

  • Parkersburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Vienna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Belpre
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Belpre is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belpre <4>
  • Ravenswood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Pomeroy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Pomeroy is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,740 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomeroy <4>
  • New Haven
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mason
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Elizabeth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Syracuse
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • North Hills
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • North Hills is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 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 Lee Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lee Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lee Creek ...

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

Adding Lee Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lee Creek post office opened in 1855. The Lee Creek post office closed in 1859.

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

Footnotes ...

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