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Coordinates: 41°33′26″N 91°34′44″W / 41.557240°N 91.578778°W / 41.557240; -91.578778
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Picayune Creek is a stream in Johnson County, Iowa, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary to Dirty Face Creek.

Picayune was so named because a pioneer who settled on the creek charged one picayune for salting a calf.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Picayune Creek
  2. ^ History of Johnson County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, and Its Townships, Cities and Villages from 1836 to 1882. 1883. p. 722.

41°33′26″N 91°34′44″W / 41.557240°N 91.578778°W / 41.557240; -91.578778


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