Jordan Creek is located flows generally S to lagoon at Juneau Airport on Gastineau Channel, 7 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts.
Named Jordan Creek by Daniel Foster and M. Y. Hurst, who filed homestead claims near the creek in 1895. Later, the stream became known as Livingston Creek, probably for Arthur Livingston, who located a mining claim near its headwaters in 1887 and lived for some time near the stream. It was renamed Jordan Creek by Thomas Knudson, in 1903, who filed a homestead claim on Mendenhall Flats. Whether this name was derived from the original name or renamed for Harry Jordan, 1845-1929, who came to Juneau in 1896, is not known. Jordan operated the Glory Hole Saloon in Douglas and "he has probably grubstaked more men than anyone in this part of Alaska" (DeArmond, 1957, p. 25-26). The name Jordan Creek was published by Adolph Knopf (1912, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).