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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. If you can help us with Rock Creek, please Contact Us. Rock Creek would have been located within present day Albany County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Rock Creek, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1868. A typical abbreviation for Rock Creek: Rock Crk. (or less commonly used: Rock Ck. or Rock Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Rock Creek is 6,700 feet [2,042 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Rock Creek is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Rock Creek was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Rock Creek once stood is in the (307) area code. Communities Also Named Rock Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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, 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) and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock Creek. Communities near Rock Creek ...We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Rock Creek.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling 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. Adding Rock Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rock 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 Rock Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Rock Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock Creek. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Albany County: www.co.albany.wy.us/ The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/ Footnotes ...
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