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]
Wells Creek was named for James "Bully" Wells, an early settler.[4]
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset, high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 4, 2012
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wells Creek (Minnesota)
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wells Creek
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 210.
External links
- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
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