Hay Creek (Wisconsin)

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Hay Creek pictured in Reedsburg Hay Creek Nature Area 03.jpg
Hay Creek pictured in Reedsburg

Hay Creek is a stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the United States. [1] It joins the Baraboo River in Reedsburg, Wisconsin.

Hay Creek was named from the fact early settlers produced hay there. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hay Creek (Wisconsin)
  2. Cole, Harry Ellsworth (1918). A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 411.

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