Welcome to Elk Creek ...Elk Creek is located in Spencer County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Elk Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856. A typical abbreviation for Elk Creek: Elk Crk. (or less commonly used: Elk Ck. or Elk Cr.) Elk Creek is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Elk Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel south from Elk Creek (for example, toward Greensburg), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Elk Creek: 502 Communities Also Named Elk Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Elk Creek - they are located in California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas (2), Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elk Creek. Communities near Elk Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elk 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 Elk Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elk Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elk 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 Elk Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elk Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Elk Creek. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elk Creek ...Looking for more information about Elk 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 Elk Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elk Creek. Adding Elk Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Elk 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 Elk Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Elk Creek. Footnotes ...
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