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Welcome to Brock Creek ...

Brock Creek is located in Powell County<1>.

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

Brock Creek is 4,650 feet [1,417 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Brock Creek is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Brock Creek lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Brock Creek: 406

Communities Also Named Brock Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Brock Creek - it's located in California.

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

Communities near Brock Creek ...

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

  • Deer Lodge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Drummond
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Garrison
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wall City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wall City is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall City
  • Jens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jens is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jens
  • Avon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • New Chicago
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • New Chicago is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chicago
  • Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
  • Hall
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Helmville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brock Creek ...

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

Adding Brock Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brock 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 Brock Creek was in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Powell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brock 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.