Welcome to Oak Creek ...

So far, we found very little information about Oak Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oak Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oak Creek, please Contact Us.

Oak Creek would have been located within present day Douglas County<2>.

The location of Oak 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 Oak Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1878.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Oak Creek is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Oak Creek was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Oak Creek would have been located in the (541) and (458)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Oak Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Oak Creek - they are located in Arizona, Colorado (2), Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina (3), Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Oak Creek ...

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

• Roseburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseburg
  • Roseburg is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,493 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roseburg <6>
• Sutherlin
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sutherlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
  • Sutherlin is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,227 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sutherlin <6>
• Winston
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
  • Winston is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,541 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winston <6>
• Myrtle Creek
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Creek
  • Myrtle Creek is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,486 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Myrtle Creek <6>
• Oakland
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Oakland is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 954 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakland <6>
• Glide
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glide have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glide
  • Glide is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glide <6>
• Wilbur
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
  • Wilbur is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilbur <6>
• Winchester
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
  • Winchester is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winchester <6>
• Green
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
  • Green is located in Douglas County
• Idleyld Park
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idleyld Park
  • Idleyld Park is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idleyld Park <6>

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 Oak Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oak Creek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oak 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 Oak Creek.

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

Adding Oak Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oak Creek in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Oak Creek post office opened in 1878.

We also found Oak Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Douglas County: www.co.douglas.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/