Plum Creek (Des Moines River)

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Plum Creek is a stream in Kossuth and Hancock counties, in the U.S. state of Hancock County, Iowa. [1] It is a tributary of the east fork of the Des Moines River.

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Plum Creek was named for the wild plum trees lining its banks. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plum Creek (Des Moines River)
  2. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 114.

Coordinates: 43°11′23″N93°55′52″W / 43.189684°N 93.931061°W / 43.189684; -93.931061

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