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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>.


The location of Moon Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


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.<4> 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

Moon Creek would have been located in the (406) area code.

Communities near Moon Creek ...

We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Moon Creek.

  • Miles City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles City
    • Miles City is located in Custer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,181 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miles City <5>
  • Rosebud
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Volborg
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Forsyth
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forsyth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
    • Forsyth is located in Rosebud County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsyth <5>

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 for Moon Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Moon Creek post office opened in 1931.

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

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Moon Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Custer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Moon Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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