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Welcome to Sand Creek ...So far, we found very little information about Sand Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sand Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sand Creek, please Contact Us. Sand Creek would have been located within present day McCone County<2>. The location of Sand Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Sand Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913. A typical abbreviation for Sand Creek: Sand Crk. (or less commonly used: Sand Ck. or Sand Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Sand Creek is 2,360 feet [719 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Sand Creek is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Sand Creek was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time If Sand Creek still existed, it would have been in the (406) area code. Communities Also Named Sand Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Sand Creek - they are located in Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sand Creek. Communities near Sand Creek ...We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Sand Creek.
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 Sand Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sand Creek. We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sand Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Sand Creek. Adding Sand Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sand 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 Sand Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sand Creek. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/ Footnotes ...
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