Vine Creek is a ghost town in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. Vine Creek had a post office from 1879 until 1932. In 1888, a rail line of the Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad opened from Manchester, Kansas in the east to Barnard in the west, a 43 mile line, with a stop at Vine Creek. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway acquired the railroad in …Vine Creek is a ghost town in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. Vine Creek had a post office from 1879 until 1932. In 1888, a rail line of the Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad opened from Manchester, Kansas in the east to Barnard in the west, a 43 mile line, with a stop at Vine Creek. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway acquired the railroad in 1901. An application was filed in 1983 to abandon this "Minneapolis District" line.