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Riceford Creek

Riceford Creek

River in Minnesota, United States

Riceford Creek is a stream in Minnesota.[1] The river flows over about 20 miles (32 km) from the town of Mabel, Minnesota to the town of Yucatan, Minnesota, where it flows into the South Fork Root River.

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The creek is named after Minnesota Territory politician Henry Mower Rice, who forded this creek in 1856.[2]

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  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riceford Creek
  2. [2]
    Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 239.

43.6880218°N 91.6904241°W / 43.6880218; -91.6904241


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