Pigeon Roost Creek (Indiana)

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Pigeon Roost Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

Pigeon Roost Creek was named for the many passenger pigeons that once roosted there. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pigeon Roost Creek (Indiana)
  2. Indiana. Geological Survey (1875). Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Indiana, Made During the Year ... Sentinel Company. p. 114.

38°41′45″N85°45′39″W / 38.69583°N 85.76083°W / 38.69583; -85.76083