Camp Creek (Root River tributary)

Camp Creek
Camp Creek
Camp Creek (Root River tributary) is located in Minnesota
Camp Creek (Root River tributary)
Mouth of Camp Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyFillmore County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates43°33′05″N 92°03′02″W / 43.5513545°N 92.0504389°W / 43.5513545; -92.0504389
Mouth 
 • location
Preston
 • coordinates
43°40′13″N 92°03′51″W / 43.6702423°N 92.0640484°W / 43.6702423; -92.0640484
Basin features
River systemSouth Branch Root River
Tributaries 
 • rightPatridge Creek

Camp Creek is a stream in Fillmore County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1] It is a tributary of the South Branch Root River. Camp Creek was named from the fact pioneer settlers camped upon its banks.[2]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Camp Creek (Root River tributary)
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 196.