Long Dick Creek is a stream in Hamilton and Story counties, Iowa, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Skunk River.[2]

Long Dick Creek was named after one tall man named Richard "Long Dick", an early settler.[3] The first schoolhouse in Story County was established near Long Dick Creek, in 1855.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Long Dick Creek
  2. ↑ Geological Survey (U.S.) (1914). Water-supply paper. Government Printing Office. p. 196.
  3. ↑ "Watershed Matchups". Prairie Rivers of Iowa. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Payne, William Orson (1911). History of Story County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 167.

42°10′10″N 93°34′34″W / 42.169429°N 93.576048°W / 42.169429; -93.576048



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