Red Creek, West Virginia

Red Creek, West Virginia
Red Creek, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Red Creek, West Virginia
Red Creek, West Virginia
Red Creek, West Virginia is located in the United States
Red Creek, West Virginia
Red Creek, West Virginia
Coordinates: 39°00′03″N 79°29′50″W / 39.00083°N 79.49722°W / 39.00083; -79.49722
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyTucker
Elevation
2,595 ft (791 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
26289
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1552599[1]

Red Creek is an unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Red Creek is located on West Virginia Route 72, 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Parsons. Red Creek has a post office with ZIP code 26289.[2] Originally called Flanangan Hill after early settler Ebenezer Flanagan, the community was named Red Creek by the community's first postmaster William Raines.[3] Being a Democrat, Raines refused to name the post office after the Republican Flanagan family, and thus named it for a nearby creek.[3] The Red Creek post office was established in 1856.[3]

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
  3. ^ a b c History of Tucker County (Fansler, 1962)