Welcome to Vine Creek ...

Vine Creek is located in Ottawa County<1>.

We aren't confident of the location of Vine Creek, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vine Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

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

Vine Creek is 1,330 feet [405 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Vine Creek lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Vine Creek: (785)

The community of Vine Creek was previously named Vine.

Communities near Vine Creek ...

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

• Abilene
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
  • Abilene is located in Dickinson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,123 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Abilene <4>
• Minneapolis
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis
  • Minneapolis is located in Ottawa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,897 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minneapolis <4>
• Solomon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon
  • Solomon is located in Dickinson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solomon <4>
• Bennington
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
  • Bennington is located in Ottawa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bennington <4>
• Miltonvale
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonvale
  • Miltonvale is located in Cloud County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miltonvale <4>
• New Cambria
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Cambria have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cambria
  • New Cambria is located in Saline County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
• Manchester
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Manchester is located in Dickinson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
• Longford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longford
  • Longford is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
  • Longford has also been known as:
  • Longford Station
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longford <4>
• Oak Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
  • Oak Hill is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
• Wells
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
  • Wells is located in Ottawa County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vine Creek ...

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

Adding Vine Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vine 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 Vine Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Vine Creek post office opened in 1879.

We also found Vine Creek on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Vine Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ottawa County: www.ottawacounty.org/

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