Coon Creek (Blue Earth River)

Coon Creek is a stream in Faribault County, Minnesota and Kossuth County, Iowa.[1] It is a tributary of the Blue Earth River.

Coon Creek was named for the raccoons once hunted in the area for their fur.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coon Creek (Blue Earth River)
  2. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 189.


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