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Welcome to Bitter Creek ...

Bitter Creek is located in Sweetwater County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bitter Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

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

Bitter Creek is 6,690 feet [2,039 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Bitter Creek is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Bitter Creek lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Bitter Creek: 307

Communities Also Named Bitter Creek ...

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

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

Communities near Bitter Creek ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Bitter Creek.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bitter Creek ...

Looking for more information about Bitter 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 Bitter Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bitter Creek.

Adding Bitter Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bitter 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 (so far) for Bitter Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bitter Creek post office opened in 1869. The Bitter Creek post office closed in 1971.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Sweetwater, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bitter Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/