The location of Ash Creek Station
Welcome to Ash Creek Station ...
So far, we have found very little information about Ash Creek Station. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ash Creek Station to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ash Creek Station, please Contact Us.
Ash Creek Station would have been located within present day Siskiyou County.
The location of Ash Creek Station has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
A typical abbreviation for Ash Creek Station: Ash Crk. Sta. (or less commonly used: Ash Ck. Sta. or Ash Cr. Sta.)
While the community is gone, the present day location for Ash Creek Station is 3,700 feet [1,128 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Ash Creek Station is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Ash Creek Station was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Ash Creek Station would have been located in the (530) area code.
Communities near Ash Creek Station ...
A sample of nearby communities can be found below.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Ash Creek Station and not the distance if you are going to drive.<4>.
| Community | 2017<5> Population | Dir | Distance |
| Big Bend [Map] | --- | S | 17 miles [27.4 km] |
| Castella [Map] | --- | SW | 21 miles [33.8 km] |
| Castle Crags - Historic [Map] | --- | SW | 19 miles [30.6 km] |
| Cayton [Map] | --- | SE | 21 miles [33.8 km] |
| Dunsmuir [Map] | 1,580 | W | 17 miles [27.4 km] |
| Hambone - Historic [Map] | --- | E | 13 miles [20.9 km] |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Ash Creek Station.
See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
- We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ash Creek Station. If available, we provide a satellite view of the cemetery.
- Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ash Creek Station. Our list includes information such as whether the community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
- We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ash Creek Station.
These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Ash Creek Station:
Other Roadside Stops ...
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Siskiyou County: www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.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 Ash Creek Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we have found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ash Creek Station - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ash Creek Station) to Point B. Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ash Creek Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2685, Longitude: -121.9447 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Ash Creek Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Ash Creek Station. |