Elk Creek (Turkey River)

Elk Creek is a stream in Clayton County, Iowa and Delaware County, Iowa, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Turkey River.

Elk Creek was so named in 1834 when a pioneer saw a herd of elk there.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk Creek (Turkey River)
  2. ↑ Price, Realto E. (1916). History of Clayton County, Iowa: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Robert O. Law Company. p. 439.


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