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Welcome to Horse Creek ...

Horse Creek is located in Siskiyou County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Horse Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

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

Horse Creek is 1,620 feet [494 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Horse Creek lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Horse Creek: 530 & 837<3>

Communities Also Named Horse Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Horse Creek - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, Illinois, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Horse Creek ...

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

  • Yreka
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Yreka is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yreka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,503 people
    • Yreka has also been known as:
    • Yreka City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yreka <4>
  • Fort Jones
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Scott Bar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Klamath River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Seiad Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Copper ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Copper is located in Jackson County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
  • Mugginsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Mugginsville is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mugginsville
  • Oro Fino
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Oro Fino is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Fino
  • Greenview
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Horse Creek ...

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

Adding Horse Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Horse 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 (so far) for Horse Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Horse Creek post office opened in 1907.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Siskiyou, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Horse Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Horse Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Horse Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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