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Plum Creek, Iowa

Coordinates: 43°06′33″N 94°11′49″W / 43.1091°N 94.1969°W / 43.1091; -94.1969
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Plum Creek is a ghost town in Kossuth County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. A railroad station was once located at Plum Creek.[1]

History

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Plum Creek contained a post office from 1902 until 1904.[2][3] The hamlet took its name from nearby Plum Creek.[4]

From 1899 to 1916 it was Home to the Plum Creek Co-op Creamery.

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plum Creek (historical)
  2. ^ "Kossuth County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plum Creek Post Office (historical)
  4. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 114.

43°06′33″N 94°11′49″W / 43.1091°N 94.1969°W / 43.1091; -94.1969