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Honey Creek (Platte River tributary)

Coordinates: 40°21′19″N 94°41′16″W / 40.35528°N 94.68778°W / 40.35528; -94.68778
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Honey Creek on 250th street bridge west of Ravenwood

Honey Creek is a stream in Taylor County, Iowa and Nodaway County, Missouri in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of Platte River.

The stream headwaters are at 40°48′31″N 94°29′24″W / 40.80861°N 94.49000°W / 40.80861; -94.49000 and the confluence with the Platte is at 40°21′19″N 94°41′16″W / 40.35528°N 94.68778°W / 40.35528; -94.68778.[1] There are three named direct tributaries: Morgan Branch, Hog Branch, and Fox Branch.[2]

Honey Creek was so named on account of honeybees near its course.[3]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Honey Creek (Platte River tributary)
  2. ^ Bayless, Mike (2022). Platte River Watershed and Inventory Assessment (PDF). Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  3. ^ "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.