Honey Creek (Wisconsin River tributary)

Honey Creek is a stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Wisconsin River. It was so named because early settlers collected the honey of bees there.[2] It also lends its name to the town of Honey Creek.[3]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Honey Creek (Wisconsin River tributary)
  2. Cole, Harry Ellsworth (1918). A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 411.
  3. Cole, Henry Ellsworth (1912). Baraboo and Other Place Names in Sauk County, Wisconsin. Baraboo News Publishing Company. p. 30.

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