Wells_Creek_(Minnesota)

Wells Creek (Minnesota)

Wells Creek (Minnesota)

River in Minnesota, United States

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.[3]

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Wells Creek was named for James "Bully" Wells, an early settler.[4]

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References

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


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