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Welcome to Maple Creek ...

Maple Creek is located in Humboldt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maple Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

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

Maple Creek is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Maple Creek: 707 & 369<3>

Communities Also Named Maple Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Maple Creek - they are located in Georgia, Kentucky, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Maple Creek ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maple Creek ...

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

Adding Maple Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Maple 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 Maple Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Maple Creek post office opened in 1886.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Humboldt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Maple 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 707 code has been Overlayed with the 369 area code. New phone numbers in the Maple Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 707 or 369. As a result, placing a call in the Maple 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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