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Wells Creek (Minnesota)

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Coordinates: 44°30′56″N 92°19′6″W / 44.51556°N 92.31833°W / 44.51556; -92.31833
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Wells Creek is a 27.6-mile-long (44.4 km)[1] tributary of the Mississippi River in Wabasha and Goodhue counties in Minnesota, United States.[2] It enters the Mississippi at Old Frontenac.

Wells Creek was named for James "Bully" Wells, an early settler.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 4, 2012
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wells Creek (Minnesota)
  3. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 210.

44°30′56″N 92°19′6″W / 44.51556°N 92.31833°W / 44.51556; -92.31833


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