Welcome to Door Creek ...
Door Creek is located in Dane County<1>.
We aren't confident of the location of Door Creek, so consider the above location to be an estimate.<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Door Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847.
A typical abbreviation for Door Creek: Door Crk. (or less commonly used: Door Ck. or Door Cr.)
Door Creek is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Door Creek lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The area code for Door Creek: (608)
Communities near Door Creek ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Door Creek.
- Madison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Sun Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
- Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
- Fitchburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Middleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Waunakee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Verona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Stoughton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Fort Atkinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Atkinson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Atkinson
- Fort Atkinson is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,372 people
- DeForest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- DeForest is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
- Oregon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Door Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Door Creek.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Door 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 Door Creek.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Door Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Door Creek.
Adding Door Creek to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Door 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 Door Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Door Creek post office opened in 1847.
We also found Door Creek in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Door Creek.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Door Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dane County: www.co.dane.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Dane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Door Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |