Welcome to Cherry Creek ...
Cherry Creek is located in the Steptoe Valley.
Cherry Creek is located in White Pine County<1>.
Cherry Creek was founded in 1864.
A typical abbreviation for Cherry Creek: Cherry Crk. (or less commonly used: Cherry Ck. or Cherry Cr.)
Cherry Creek is 6,110 feet [1,862 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cherry Creek is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: Cherry Creek lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Cherry Creek: 775
Communities Also Named Cherry Creek ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Cherry Creek: This one is located in White Pine County and the other is located in Pershing County.
Beyond Nevada, there are 14 communities that are also named Cherry Creek - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia (2), Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas (2), Mississippi, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cherry Creek.
Communities near Cherry Creek ...
We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Cherry Creek.
- Greens ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Greens. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens
- Greens is located in White Pine County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Greens
- From Cherry Creek to Greens
- Goshute ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goshute. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshute
- Goshute is located in Elko County
- Goshute has also been known as:
- Goshiute Station
- Goshute Station
- Gosiute
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Goshute
- From Cherry Creek to Goshute
- Aurum ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruby Hill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ruby Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Hill
- Ruby Hill is located in White Pine County
- Ruby Hill has also been known as:
- Rubyville
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ruby Hill
- From Cherry Creek to Ruby Hill
- Currie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tippett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tippett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippett
- Tippett is located in White Pine County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Tippett
- From Cherry Creek to Tippett
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 Cherry Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cherry Creek.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cherry 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 Cherry Creek.
Adding Cherry Creek to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Cherry 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 Cherry Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Cherry Creek post office opened in 1873.
We also found Cherry Creek on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map of Nevada (1883).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Cherry Creek.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including White Pine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cherry Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |