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Welcome to Sand Creek ...

Although we found mention of Sand Creek during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Sand Creek was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Sand Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sand Creek, please Contact Us.

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

Sand Creek is 1,430 feet [436 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Sand Creek might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Sand Creek: 316

Communities Also Named Sand Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Sand Creek - they are located in Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Sand Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sand Creek.

  • Bel Aire
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Park City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Valley Center
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Maize
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Maize is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maize
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,267 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maize <3>
  • Hesston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Kechi
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Kechi is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kechi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,109 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kechi <3>
  • Halstead
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Moundridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • North Newton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Sedgwick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sand Creek ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Sand Creek and then turned west". While Sand Creek could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Sand Creek as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Sand Creek could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sand Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.