Dirty Face Creek is a stream in Johnson County, Iowa, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary to Old Mans Creek.

Dirty Face Creek was so named because the children of an early settler there often had dirty faces.[2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dirty Face 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.

41°33′25″N 91°33′10″W / 41.556963°N 91.552666°W / 41.556963; -91.552666



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