Plum Creek (Des Moines River tributary)

Plum Creek is a stream in Kossuth and Hancock counties, in the U.S. state of Hancock County, Iowa.[1] It is a tributary of the east fork of the Des Moines River.

Plum Creek was named for the wild plum trees lining its banks.[2]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plum Creek (Des Moines River tributary)
  2. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 114.