Welcome to Rio Creek ...
Rio Creek is located in Kewaunee County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Rio Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.
A typical abbreviation for Rio Creek: Rio Crk. (or less commonly used: Rio Ck. or Rio Cr.)
Rio Creek is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Rio Creek lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Rio Creek: 920 & 274<3>
Communities near Rio Creek ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rio Creek.
- Sturgeon Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
- Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
- Algoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
- Kewaunee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
- Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
- Luxemburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Casco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Casco is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Forestville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Rosiere
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Duvall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Brussels
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Dyckesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
- Dyckesville is located in Brown 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 Rio Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rio Creek.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rio 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 Rio Creek.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rio Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Rio Creek.
Adding Rio Creek to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Rio 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 Rio Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Rio Creek post office opened in 1888.
We also found Rio Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Rio Creek.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rio Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Kewaunee County: www.kewauneeco.org/
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 Kewaunee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rio Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | 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 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Rio Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Rio Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |