CREETOWN, a seaport of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. It is situated near the head of Wigtown bay, 18m. W. of Castle Douglas, and is served by railway to Stranraer and Dumfries. Pop. 757. The village dates from 1785, and it became a burgh of barony in 1792. There are important granite quarries in the vicinity, the stone for the Liverpool docks having been obtained from them. Sir Walter Scott laid part of the scene of Guy Mannering in this neighbourhood, and Dt. Thomas Brown, the renowned metaphysician (1 7 78-182o), was a native of the parish (Kirkmabreck) in which the modern Creetown lies.