Rock Creek (Nebraska)

Creek about six feet wide, flowing through fields
Rock Creek near Beemer

Rock Creek is a 19.1-mile-long (30.7 km)[1] tributary of the Elkhorn River that flows south of Wisner and enters the Elkhorn one mile west of Beemer.[2][3] The railway water stop and original plats where the village of Beemer is now located were named "Rock Creek" before Beemer was incorporated as a village in 1886.

The stream headwaters arise in Stanton County at 41°54′19″N 97°05′02″W / 41.90528°N 97.08389°W / 41.90528; -97.08389[2] at an elevation of approximately 1,650 ft (500 m).[4] The stream flows west to enter the Elkhorn in Cuming County at 41°55′41″N 96°49′57″W / 41.92806°N 96.83250°W / 41.92806; -96.83250 and an elevation of 1,332 ft (406 m).[2]

Rock Creek was so named from its rocky river bed.[5]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 30, 2011
  2. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rock Creek (Nebraska)
  3. ^ Beemer NE, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966
  4. ^ Stanton NE, NE, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966
  5. ^ Company, Chicago and North Western Railway (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 43. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)