Welcome to Moon Creek ...So far, we found very little information about Moon Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Moon Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Moon Creek, please Contact Us. Moon Creek would have been located within present day Custer County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Moon Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1931. A typical abbreviation for Moon Creek: Moon Crk. (or less commonly used: Moon Ck. or Moon Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Moon Creek is 3,010 feet [917 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Moon Creek is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Moon Creek was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Moon Creek was located: 406 Communities near Moon Creek ...We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Moon 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 Moon Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Moon Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Moon 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 Moon Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Moon Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Moon Creek. Adding Moon Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Moon Creek in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Moon Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Moon Creek. Footnotes ...
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