Elk Horn Creek

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Elk Horn Creek is a stream in Cass, Shelby and Audubon counties, Iowa, in the United States. [1]

Elk Horn Creek was so named from the fact settlers saw the bones of an elk near the stream. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk Horn Creek
  2. Savage, Tom (1 August 2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names. University of Iowa Press. p. 80. ISBN   978-1-58729-759-5.

Coordinates: 41°32′08″N95°07′31″W / 41.535545°N 95.125270°W / 41.535545; -95.125270