Rock Creek, Kansas

Rock Creek (also known as Cooks Ford^[1]) is an unincorporated community in Rock Creek Township, Jefferson County, Kansas, United States. It lies along 110th Road near its intersection with K-4. K-4 used to run along Rock Creek Road and originally cut through Rock Creek, but years later the highway was widened and rebuilt just east of Rock Creek. The community is located at 39°14′45″N 95°32′14″W / 39.24583°N 95.53722°W / 39.24583; -95.53722 (39.2458313, -95.5371988), at an elevation of 1,099 feet (335 m).^[1]

Rock Creek had a post office from the 1870s until 1959.^[2]

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rock Creek, Kansas
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Oskaloosa

Cities	McLouth Meriden Nortonville Oskaloosa Ozawkie Perry Valley Falls Winchester

CDP	Grantville

Unincorporated communities	Boyle Buck Creek Dunavant Half Mound Lakeside Village Medina Mooney Creek Newman Rock Creek Thompsonville Williamstown

Townships	Delaware Fairview Jefferson Kaw Kentucky Norton Oskaloosa Ozawkie Rock Creek Rural Sarcoxie Union

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