Mosquito Creek, about 60 mi. (97 km) long, is a tributary of the
Missouri River in southwest
Iowa
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in the
United States
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. It rises near
Earling, in
Shelby County, and flows in a generally southwesterly direction, meeting the Missouri approximately 5 mi. (8 km) downstream of
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. The city is the most populous in Southwest Iowa, and is the third largest and a primary city of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area. It is lo ...
.
Mosquito Creek was named by pioneer settlers (Mormons) for the great number of mosquitoes near this stream when they camped there.
See also
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List of Iowa rivers
The following is a list of rivers and creeks in Iowa. The rivers are listed by multiple arrangements:
*those that form part of the boundaries of the U.S. state of Iowa;
*ordered by drainage basin, with tributaries indented under each larger river ...
References
Rivers of Harrison County, Iowa
Rivers of Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Rivers of Shelby County, Iowa
Rivers of Iowa
Tributaries of the Missouri River
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