was used as a shelter for long hunters under the leadership of James Malcomb. The first of the 18th century the first settlers, Thomas, Elijah and William Jackman came to the area and from them it was known as Jackman Bottom. In 1814 another settler, William Campbell operated a ferry across the Cumberland River. Near this crossing was a established tavern and trading post owned by the brothers, Elijah and Elza Creel. On March 28, 1818
they enlarged this business and named it E and E Creel Company. 
In 1819 the area was drawn up by Richard Graves as a town. The streets were to be 50 feet wide with Main street being 60 feet wide. In honor of the Creel brothers the town was given the name Creelsburgh. It was January 29, 1836 when Creelsburgh was finally incorporated with the trustees being Thomas Grave, Jack Alters,
and Moses Allen.
Creelsboro was the typical town of the 1800s. Although it was a small town with a population of about 50 people in the 1840s it was considered one of the 12 major trading centers of the Cumberland River. Even though a small town it had a constable, a post office, a tavern, a store, a hotel, a Union Church, a tanyard, doctors, and an academy. On December 1, 1808 the first bank was organized with a capital stock of $15,000.00. The second bank opened in
1922 with the same capital stock and remained in business until 1940. The most exciting history of this bank is when it was robbed on July 14, 1932 by Forest Bradshaw, Mark Weams, and Clinton Turnham. The robbery was done in such a professional way that no one in town even realized anything was wrong. The robbers were caught later that day and given long prison terms.
Later in the century when the steamboat traffic slowed down the economical
advantages of Creelsboro vanished. There is still a fellowship of people within the community that cannot go unrecognized by visitors although the town only exist as a ghost town.
The first record of any people in Creelsboro was in 1770 when the