Rock Creek (upper Missouri River tributary)

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Rock Creek is a stream in Fremont County, Iowa and Atchison County, Missouri in the United States. [1] It is a tributary of the Missouri River.

Rock Creek was named for the rocky character of its creek bed. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rock Creek (upper Missouri River tributary)
  2. "Atchison County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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