Welcome to Price Creek ...

Price Creek is located in Moffat County<1>.

The location of Price Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Price Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

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

Price Creek is 6,600 feet [2,012 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Price Creek is 1¼ mile [or 2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Price Creek lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Price Creek: (970)

Communities Also Named Price Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Price Creek - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Price Creek ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Price Creek.

• Meeker
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
  • Meeker is located in Rio Blanco County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,318 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meeker <4>
• White River City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White River City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River City
  • White River City is located in Rio Blanco County
• Maybell
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maybell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybell
  • Maybell is located in Moffat County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maybell <4>
• Elk Springs
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Springs
  • Elk Springs is located in Moffat County
• Hamilton
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamilton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
  • Hamilton is located in Moffat County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamilton <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Price Creek ...

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

Adding Price Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Price Creek post office opened in 1912.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Price Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Moffat County: www.co.moffat.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/