Barnes Creek is a navigable stream located in the village of
Pleasant Prairie in southeastern
Kenosha County,
Wisconsin
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, United States. It flows near
Wisconsin Highway 165 and crosses beneath
Wisconsin Highway 32
State Trunk Highway 32 (often called Highway 32, STH-32 or WIS 32) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin that runs north–south in eastern Wisconsin. It runs from the Illinois border (at Illinois Route 137) north to the Michigan bor ...
(Sheridan Road) which flows eastward through
Carol Beach into
Lake Michigan. The stream's length is .
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed May 19, 2011
Barnes Creek Site
The Barnes Creek area is of high
archaeological interest and is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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as the location of
prehistoric American Indian settlements dating to the mid-
Woodland periods of 200 to 1400
AD.
References
External links
Barnes Creek website
Rivers of Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Rivers of Wisconsin
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
Tributaries of Lake Michigan
National Register of Historic Places in Kenosha County, Wisconsin
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