Welcome to Rock Creek ...

Rock Creek is located in Okaloosa County<1>.

The location of Rock Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

A typical abbreviation for Rock Creek: Rock Crk. (or less commonly used: Rock Ck. or Rock Cr.)

Rock Creek is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Rock Creek lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Rock Creek: (850) and (448)<4>

Communities Also Named Rock Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Florida communities named Rock Creek: This one is located in Okaloosa County and the other is located in Jackson County.

Beyond Florida, there are 52 communities that are also named Rock Creek - they are located in Alabama (4), Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California (2), Colorado (2), Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (6), Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon (3), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (3), Texas (4), West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock Creek.

Communities near Rock Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rock Creek.

• Crestview
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestview
  • Crestview is located in Okaloosa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,663 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crestview <5>
• East Brewton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Brewton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brewton
  • East Brewton is located in Escambia County (AL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,326 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Brewton <5>
• Laurel Hill
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
  • Laurel Hill is located in Okaloosa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel Hill <5>
• Riverview
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Riverview is located in Escambia County (AL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
• Belandville ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belandville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belandville
  • Belandville is located in Santa Rosa County
• Bradley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
  • Bradley is located in Escambia County (AL)
• Otahite ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Otahite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otahite
  • Otahite is located in Okaloosa County
• Cannon Town
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannon Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Town
  • Cannon Town is located in Okaloosa County
• Wing
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
  • Wing is located in Covington County (AL)
• Falco
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falco
  • Falco is located in Covington County (AL)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rock Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rock Creek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rock Creek. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock Creek.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Rock Creek.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock Creek ...

Looking for more information about Rock Creek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rock Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rock Creek.

Adding Rock Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rock Creek in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rock Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Rock Creek post office opened in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock Creek.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rock Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Okaloosa County: www.co.okaloosa.fl.us/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/