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'''Death Creek''' is a stream in the [[U.S. state]]s of [[Nevada]] and [[Utah]].<ref>{{GNIS|839957}}</ref>
'''Death Creek''' is a stream in northeastern [[Nevada]] and northwestern [[Utah]], [[United States]].<ref>{{cite gnis|839957|Death Creek}}</ref>


Death Creek was named in memory of an Indian who died near its banks.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cott|first=John W. Van|title=Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names : a Compilation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z3Pqk9tazU4C&pg=PA105|year=1990|publisher=University of Utah Press|isbn=978-0-87480-345-7|page=105}}</ref>
Death Creek was named in memory of an Indian who died near its banks.<ref name="van cott">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z3Pqk9tazU4C&lpg=PA105&pg=PA105#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation|last=Van Cott|first=John W.|publisher=[[University of Utah Press]]|location=Salt Lake City|page=105|year=1990|accessdate=8 Feb 2018|isbn=978-0-87480-345-7|oclc=797284427}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[List of rivers of Nevada]]
*[[List of rivers of Utah]]
* [[List of rivers of Nevada]]
* [[List of rivers of Utah]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Rivers of Box Elder County, Utah]]
[[Category:Rivers of Box Elder County, Utah]]

Revision as of 23:45, 9 February 2018

Death Creek is a stream in northeastern Nevada and northwestern Utah, United States.[1]

Death Creek was named in memory of an Indian who died near its banks.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Death Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC 797284427. Retrieved 8 Feb 2018.

38°24′10″N 110°41′35″W / 38.40278°N 110.69306°W / 38.40278; -110.69306