Camp Creek (Iowa)

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Camp Creek is a stream in Polk, Marion and Jasper counties, in the U.S. state of Iowa. [1]

Camp Creek was named from the fact a first settler camped there before deciding to stay. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Camp Creek (Iowa)
  2. ↑ The History of Polk County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. Union Historical Company. 1880. p.  263.

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