RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Idaho >> Owyhee County >> Miller Creek SettlementIndex...

Welcome to Miller Creek Settlement ...

Miller Creek Settlement is located in Owyhee County<1>.

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

Miller Creek Settlement is 5,320 feet [1,622 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Miller Creek Settlement is 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Miller Creek Settlement and travel south, you will soon leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Codes for Miller Creek Settlement: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Miller Creek Settlement ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Miller Creek Settlement.

  • Riddle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Riddle is located in Owyhee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
  • Owyhee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mountain City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Rio Tinto ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rio Tinto is located in Elko County (NV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Tinto
  • Wickahoney ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Wickahoney is located in Owyhee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickahoney
  • Dickshooter
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dickshooter is located in Owyhee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickshooter

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Miller Creek Settlement ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Owyhee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Miller Creek Settlement - 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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Miller Creek Settlement area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Miller Creek Settlement 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.