Welcome to Rock Creek ...Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. A typical abbreviation for Rock Creek: Rock Crk. (or less commonly used: Rock Ck. or Rock Cr.) Rock Creek is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Rock Creek lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Rock Creek ...While we believe that this Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County, we know of another 5 Kansas communities named Rock Creek. Those communities are located in the following counties: Lyon, Miami, Morris, Shawnee and Wabaunsee County. Beyond Kansas, there are 52 communities that are also named Rock Creek - they are located in Alabama (4), Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California (2), Colorado (2), Florida (2), Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon (3), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (3), Texas (4), West Virginia (2) and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock Creek. Communities near Rock Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rock 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 Rock Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rock Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rock 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 Rock Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Rock Creek. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock Creek ...Looking for more information about Rock 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 Rock Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rock Creek. Adding Rock Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rock 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 Rock Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Rock Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock Creek. Footnotes ...
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