It is named for Village Creek, a sand-bottomed, free-flowing tributary of the Neches River.

[3] Village Creek State Park is in a floodplain, covered in bottomland hardwood forest, cypress dome, water tupelo swamps, and bayheads.

[4] Wildlife includes white-tailed deer, possum, swamp rabbit, diamondback water snake, eastern copperhead, Gulf Coast toad and snapping turtle.

[2] The forested area includes bald cypress, river birch, riverflat hawthorn, and yaupon holly trees.

Recreational activities include swimming, canoeing and fishing in Village Creek, hiking and cycling on eight miles of trails, and picnicking in the day use area which also has a group picnic pavilion.