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]

  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.