Wild Horse Creek (Colorado)

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Wild Horse Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Colorado. [1]

Wild Horse Creek was named for the wild horses which roamed along its course. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wild Horse Creek (Colorado)
  2. Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 52.

Coordinates: 38°46′05″N102°48′11″W / 38.76806°N 102.80306°W / 38.76806; -102.80306