Sleepy Eye Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationMinnesota

Sleepy Eye Creek is a 51.8-mile-long (83.4 km)[1] tributary of the Cottonwood River of Minnesota, the United States.[2] Via the Cottonwood River, its water flows to the Minnesota River and eventually the Mississippi River.

Sleepy Eye Creek was named for Chief Sleepy Eye.[3]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 5, 2012
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sleepy Eye Creek
  3. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 72.

44°15′12″N 94°46′22″W / 44.25333°N 94.77278°W / 44.25333; -94.77278



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