Welcome to Lost Creek ...

Lost Creek is located on the Pend Oreille River (northeast Washington State).

Lost Creek is located in Pend Oreille County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lost Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1911.

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

Lost Creek is 2,050 feet [625 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lost Creek lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lost Creek: 509

Communities Also Named Lost Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Lost Creek - they are located in Kansas, Kentucky (3), Montana (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Lost Creek ...

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

• Ione
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
  • Ione is located in Pend Oreille County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <3>
• Metaline Falls
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metaline Falls
  • Metaline Falls is located in Pend Oreille County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Metaline Falls <3>
• Cusick
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusick
  • Cusick is located in Pend Oreille County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cusick <3>
• Metaline
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metaline
  • Metaline is located in Pend Oreille County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Metaline <3>
• Ruby
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
  • Ruby is located in Pend Oreille County
• Pend Oreille Village
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pend Oreille Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pend Oreille Village
  • Pend Oreille Village is located in Pend Oreille County
• Nordman
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nordman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordman
  • Nordman is located in Bonner County (ID)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nordman <3>
• Spirit
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit
  • Spirit is located in Stevens County
• Usk
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usk
  • Usk is located in Pend Oreille County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Usk <3>
• Pinkney City
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinkney City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney City
  • Pinkney City is located in Stevens County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lost Creek ...

Looking for more information about Lost Creek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lost Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lost Creek.

Adding Lost Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Lost Creek post office opened in 1911.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lost Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Pend Oreille County: www.co.pend-oreille.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/