| Official Name: | Creek Bank |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated rural community |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada#Ontario |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Creek Bank in Canada |
| Coordinates: | 43.705°N -80.5358°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wellington |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Centre Wellington |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNBC Code |
| Blank1 Info: | FAUCX[1] |
Creek Bank is an unincorporated rural community in Centre Wellington Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.[1] [2]
The settlement is located on Carroll Creek.[1]
The Fisher brothers, Alexander, John, and Michael, were pioneer settlers who arrived in the area in 1841.[3]
A post office was established in 1852, and mail was delivered daily to Creek Bank.[4] [5] The post office closed in 1915.[4]
The Wesleyan Methodist Church was established in Creek Bank by the 1860s, located on a portion of the Fisher farm. The church was rebuilt in 1882 and renamed Bloomsbury Methodist Church. It operated until 1915, when it was dismantled and moved to Hollen, a town on the Conestogo River, 12km (07miles) west of Creek Bank.[3] An extant cemetery located near the former church has graves dating to the 1850s. The gravestones were assembled into a cairn in 1837, and a historical marker is located there.[6] [7]
Creek Bank had a population of about 75 in 1867, and a blacksmith shop, hotel, and general store were located there. A stage coach passed twice daily between Elora and Hollen.[5]
A school, Roman Catholic Separate School #6, was located at Creek Bank around 1870.[8]