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Stream in Clayton and Delaware County, Iowa, U.S.

Elk Creek is a stream in Clayton County, Iowa and Delaware County, Iowa, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Turkey River.

Elk Creek was so named in 1834 when a pioneer saw a herd of elk there.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk Creek (Turkey River tributary)
  2. Price, Realto E. (1916). History of Clayton County, Iowa: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Robert O. Law Company. p. 439.

42°44′17″N 91°16′09″W / 42.738044°N 91.269299°W / 42.738044; -91.269299


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