Long Dick Creek
Long Dick Creek is a stream in Hamilton and Story counties, Iowa, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Skunk River.[2]
Long Dick Creek was named after one tall man named Richard "Long Dick", an early settler.[3] The first schoolhouse in Story County was established near Long Dick Creek, in 1855.[4]
See also[]
- Big Dick Creek
- List of rivers of Iowa
- Unusual place names
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Long Dick Creek
- ^ Geological Survey (U.S.) (1914). Water-supply paper. Government Printing Office. p. 196.
- ^ "Watershed Matchups". Prairie Rivers of Iowa. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ Payne, William Orson (1911). History of Story County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 167.
Coordinates: 42°10′10″N 93°34′34″W / 42.169429°N 93.576048°W
Categories:
- Rivers of Story County, Iowa
- Rivers of Iowa
- Iowa river stubs