Welcome to Willow Creek ...
So far, we found very little information about Willow Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Willow Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Willow Creek - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Willow Creek, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Willow Creek , we believe that it would have been located within present day Humboldt County<2>.
Willow Creek was founded in 1879.
A typical abbreviation for Willow Creek: Willow Crk. (or less commonly used: Willow Ck. or Willow Cr.)
Time Zone: The area where Willow Creek was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Willow Creek still existed, it would have been in the (775) area code.
Communities Also Named Willow Creek ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Willow Creek: This one is located in Humboldt County and the other is located in Nye County.
Beyond Nevada, there are 28 communities that are also named Willow Creek - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah (3), Wisconsin and Wyoming.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Willow Creek.
Adding Willow Creek to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Willow Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Willow Creek post office opened in 1879.
We also found Willow Creek on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map of Nevada (1883).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Willow Creek.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Humboldt County: www.humboldt-county-nv.net/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.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 Willow 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 Humboldt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |