Honey Creek (Missouri River tributary)

Honey Creek is a stream in Pottawattamie and Harrison counties, Iowa, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of Missouri River.

The stream headwaters are at 41°33′48″N 95°46′51″W and the confluence with the Missouri is at 41°25′25″N 95°55′52″W.[1]

Honey Creek was named by settlers for the great number of honeybees seen at the creek.[2]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Honey Creek (Missouri River tributary)
  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. 84.



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