Service Creek is an unincorporated community in Wheeler County, in the U.S. state of

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. Service Creek lies on Oregon Route 19 near its intersection with Oregon Route 207. It is also near the mouth of a stream, Service Creek, formerly ''Sarvis Creek'', that empties into the John Day River. A ''Sarvicecreek'' post office was established here in 1918. Rosa Mae Tilley was the first postmaster. Later in the year, the name was changed to ''Servicecreek'' and changed again to ''Service Creek'' in 1929. The post office closed in 1956. From 1908 through the mid-1940s, Service Creek had a one-room schoolhouse that doubled as a community center and church. The building was demolished in the late 1940s or early 1950s to make room for highway improvements.

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{{Authority control Unincorporated communities in Wheeler County, Oregon 1918 establishments in Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon