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Welcome to Conner Creek ...

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

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

Conner Creek would have been located within present day Baker County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Conner Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Conner Creek is 4,260 feet [1,298 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Conner Creek is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: While Conner Creek is in the Pacific Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

The Area Codes where Conner Creek was located: 541 & 458<4>

Communities Also Named Conner Creek ...

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

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

Communities near Conner Creek ...

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

  • Huntington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Richland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Weatherby
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Weatherby is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
  • Lime ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lime is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
  • Durkee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Robinette ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Robinette is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
  • New Bridge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • New Bridge is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
  • Rye Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rye Valley is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Valley
  • Eaton
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Eaton is located in Washington County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
  • Halfway
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Conner Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Conner 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 Conner Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Conner Creek post office opened in 1877. The Conner Creek post office closed in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Conner 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 Conner Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Baker, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Conner Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Conner Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Conner Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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