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Welcome to Three Creek ...

Three Creek is located in Owyhee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Three Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

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

Three Creek is 5,480 feet [1,670 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Three Creek is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

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

Area Codes for Three Creek: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Three Creek ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Three Creek.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Three Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Three Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Three Creek ...

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

Adding Three Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Three Creek post office opened in 1887. The Three Creek post office closed in 1951.

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

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 Three 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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Three Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Three 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/