Welcome to Dutch Creek ...

So far, we found very little information about Dutch Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dutch Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dutch Creek, please Contact Us.

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Dutch Creek would have been located within present day Mineral County<2>.

Dutch Creek was founded in 1906.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dutch Creek is 4,230 feet [1,289 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Dutch Creek is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Dutch Creek was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Dutch Creek was located: 775

Communities Also Named Dutch Creek ...

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

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

Communities near Dutch Creek ...

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

• Babbitt ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Babbitt is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbitt
• Hawthorne
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hawthorne is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawthorne <4>
• Wichman
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Wichman is located in Lyon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wichman
• Copper Run ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Copper Run is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Run
• Pine Grove ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Pine Grove is located in Lyon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
• Schurz
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Schurz is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schurz
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schurz <4>
• Esmeralda ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Esmeralda is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmeralda
• Aurora ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Aurora is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
• Del Monte ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Del Monte is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Monte
• Kinkaid
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Kinkaid is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinkaid
  • Kinkaid has also been known as:
  • Acme
  • Kinkead

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

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

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

Adding Dutch Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dutch Creek post office opened in 1907. The Dutch Creek post office closed in 1909.

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