Rock Creek, Kansas
Encyclopedia
Rock Creek is an unincorporated community
in Rock Creek Township
, Jefferson County
, Kansas
, United States
. It lies along 110th Road near its intersection with K-4
, west of Oskaloosa
, the county seat
of Jefferson County. The community is located at 39°14′45"N 95°32′14"W (39.2458313, -95.5371988), at an elevation of 1,099 feet (335 m).
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Rock Creek Township
Rock Creek Township, Jefferson County, Kansas
Rock Creek Township is a township in Jefferson County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,718.-Geography:Rock Creek Township covers an area of 54.68 square miles ; of this, 0.5 square miles or 0.92 percent is water...
, Jefferson County
Jefferson County, Kansas
Jefferson County is a county located in Northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 19,126. Its county seat is Oskaloosa, and its most populous city is Valley Falls...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It lies along 110th Road near its intersection with K-4
K-4 (Kansas highway)
K-4 is the longest designated state highway in Kansas traversing from north of Scott City at US-83 to US-59 near Nortonville in northeast Kansas. A segment of the highway in McPherson County overlaps Interstate 135, and a section in Topeka runs concurrent with Interstate 70.-Western Kansas:K-4...
, west of Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa, Kansas
Oskaloosa is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,113. Oskaloosa is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, the county seat
County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....
of Jefferson County. The community is located at 39°14′45"N 95°32′14"W (39.2458313, -95.5371988), at an elevation of 1,099 feet (335 m).