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Welcome to Ganes Creek ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ganes Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1951.

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

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Ganes Creek for more information about variations on the name of Ganes Creek.

Ganes Creek is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Ganes Creek lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Ganes Creek: 907

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ganes Creek ...

Looking for more information about Ganes 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 Ganes Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ganes Creek.

Adding Ganes Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ganes 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 Ganes Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Ganes Creek post office opened in 1951.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ganes Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/