Badger Creek (Blue Earth River)

Badger Creek is a stream in Faribault and Martin counties, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1] It is a tributary of the Blue Earth River.

Badger Creek was named for the badgers once hunted in the area for their fur.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Badger Creek (Blue Earth River)
  2. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 189.

Coordinates: 43°37′36.29″N 94°9′32.09″W / 43.6267472°N 94.1589139°W / 43.6267472; -94.1589139


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