Welcome to Elk Creek (aka 'Elk') ...

So far, we found very little information about Elk Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Elk Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Elk Creek - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Elk Creek, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Elk Creek <3>, we believe that it would have been located within present day Osage County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elk Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

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

Time Zone: The area where Elk Creek was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Elk Creek once stood is in the (785) area code.

The community of Elk Creek has also been called Elk.

Communities Also Named Elk Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Elk Creek: This one is located in Osage County and the other is located in Republic County.

Beyond Kansas, there are 15 communities that are also named Elk Creek - they are located in California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Elk Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Elk Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Elk Creek post office opened in 1857.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Osage County: www.osageco.org/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Elk Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Osage, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	Elk Creek is also known as Elk. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Elk Creek.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/