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Welcome to Cat Creek ...

Cat Creek is located in Petroleum County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cat Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1922.

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

Cat Creek is 2,900 feet [884 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cat Creek is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Cat Creek: 406

Communities Also Named Cat Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Cat Creek - they are located in Georgia and Kentucky.

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

Communities near Cat Creek ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Cat Creek.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cat Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cat Creek.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cat Creek ...

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

Adding Cat Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cat 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 Cat Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cat Creek post office opened in 1922.

We also found Cat Creek on a map titled Hixson Map of Montana (1950).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Petroleum, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cat Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/