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Welcome to Pine Creek ...

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

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


Pine Creek would have been located within present day Nye County<2>.

Pine Creek was founded in 1873.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pine Creek is 7,460 feet [2,274 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Pine Creek is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Communities Also Named Pine Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Pine Creek - they are located in Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Manitoba, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Pine Creek ...

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

  • Jefferson ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
  • Learville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Learville is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Learville
    • Learville has also been known as:
    • Searville
  • Belmont ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Belmont is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
  • Round Mountain
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Carvers
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Carvers is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carvers
  • Jett ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jett is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
  • Manhattan
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stargo ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Stargo is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stargo
  • Ophir ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ophir is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Ophir has also been known as:
    • Toiyabe - City
    • Twin River
  • Peavine ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Peavine is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavine

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

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

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

Adding Pine Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pine Creek post office opened in 1873. The Pine Creek post office closed in 1881.

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

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 Pine Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Nye, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pine Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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