Sand_Creek_(Minnesota_River)

Sand Creek (Minnesota River tributary)

Sand Creek (Minnesota River tributary)

River in Minnesota, United States

Sand Creek is a 36.6-mile-long (58.9 km)[1] tributary of the Minnesota River in Le Sueur and Scott counties, Minnesota, United States.[2] It rises at the outlet of Lake Sanborn, 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the city of Montgomery, and flows north past New Prague, entering the Minnesota River just north of Jordan.

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Sand Creek was so named on account of the white sandstone rock formations near the creek.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 5, 2012
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sand Creek
  3. [3]
    Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 510.




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