Lake Creek is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

about east of Medford, in Jackson County,

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, United States. The community takes its name from Lake Creek, an important local stream. The stream joins

Little Butte Creek Little Butte Creek is a tributary of the Rogue River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its drainage basin consists of approximately of Jackson County and another of Klamath County. Its two forks, the North Fork and the South Fork, both begin h ...

at Lake Creek. Little Butte Creek is formed by its north and south forks slightly upstream of the community. The shortest

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in Oregon is near Lake Creek, along Lost Creek, a tributary of South Fork Little Butte Creek.Oregon.com
Lost Creek Covered Bridge The

Lost Creek Bridge The Lost Creek Bridge is a covered bridge near the unincorporated community of Lake Creek, in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Oregon. The site is about east-northeast of Medford. At long, the structure is the shortest covered bridge in Ore ...

is on the

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and is also possibly the oldest standing covered bridge in Oregon.

History

The Lake Creek post office was established on December 10, 1886. At the time the

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declined many proposed two-word post offices, thus the name of the post office was submitted as "Lakecreek" on the application of September 17, 1886. This official style remained even after the post office was discontinued on June 5, 1959, but the two-word name is what is used locally. All correspondence originally destined for the "Lakecreek" post office was rerouted to the Eagle Point office, where it has been ever since. The post office building in Lake Creek also housed a general store, which still stands today (as of June 2007 it is closed for

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s). UPDATE: The Lake Creek General Store reopened its doors on July 24, 2009. In June 2007, Brian Zablocky, a resident of

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, filed a request with the

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(BGN) that the name be restored to the two-word local usage. The request was approved by the BGN on September 27, 2007 and went into effect a few days later.

Pioneer Hall

The Lake Creek Pioneer Hall was established in 1990 in the former Community Hall building. A group of local citizens, some of whom worked on the restoration of the nearby

, congregated and restored the building, giving it a

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, and a kitchen.

Gallery

Image:Lake_Creek_006.jpg, Lake Creek

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Image:Lake_Creek_008.jpg, General Store and Old Post Office Image:Lake_Creek_009.jpg, Lake Creek Cafe Image:Lake_Creek_010.jpg, Lake Creek Fire District Image:Lake_Creek_011.jpg, Plaque on the Station Image:Lake_Creek_012.jpg, Old

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File:Lake Creek Falls (25530156932).jpg, Lake Creek Falls

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

system, Lake Creek has a

warm-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...

, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Lake Creek, Oregon
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References

{{Authority control Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Oregon Populated places established in 1886 1886 establishments in Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon