Picayune Creek

Picayune Creek is a stream in Johnson County, Iowa, in the United States.[1]

Picayune was so named because a pioneer who settled on the creek charged one picayune for salting a calf.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Picayune Creek
  2. ↑ History of Johnson County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, and Its Townships, Cities and Villages from 1836 to 1882. 1883. p. 722.


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