Elk Creek (Turkey River tributary)

Elk Creek is a stream in Clayton County, Iowa and Delaware County, Iowa, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Turkey River.

Elk Creek was so named in 1834 when a pioneer saw a herd of elk there.[2]

See also

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.

42.738044°N 91.269299°W / 42.738044; -91.269299



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