Welcome to Rock Creek ...
So far, we found very little information about Rock Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rock Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Rock Creek - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Rock Creek, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Rock Creek , we believe that it would have been located within present day Lyon County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.
A typical abbreviation for Rock Creek: Rock Crk. (or less commonly used: Rock Ck. or Rock Cr.)
Rock Creek would have been located in the (620) area code.
Communities Also Named Rock Creek ...
While we believe that this Rock Creek is located in Lyon County, we know of another 5 Kansas communities named Rock Creek. Those communities are located in the following counties: Jefferson, Miami, Morris, Shawnee and Wabaunsee County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 52 communities that are also named Rock Creek - they are located in Alabama (4), Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California (2), Colorado (2), Florida (2), Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois (2), Iowa, 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.
Adding Rock Creek to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Rock Creek was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock Creek.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Lyon County: www.lyoncounty.org/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rock Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Lyon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |