Welcome to Hay Creek ...
So far, we found very little information about Hay Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hay Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Hay Creek - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Hay Creek, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Hay Creek , we believe that it would have been located within present day Crook County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Hay Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.
A typical abbreviation for Hay Creek: Hay Crk. (or less commonly used: Hay Ck. or Hay Cr.)
Time Zone: The area where Hay Creek was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Hay Creek once stood is in the (307) area code.
Communities Also Named Hay Creek ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Hay Creek - they are located in Minnesota, Oregon and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hay Creek.
Adding Hay Creek to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Hay 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 for Hay Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Hay Creek post office opened in 1888.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hay Creek.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/
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 Hay Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Crook, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |