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Plum Creek

Ghost town · Kossuth County, Iowa

Algona quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)
Algona quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Plum Creek is a ghost town in Kossuth County, Iowa. It is one of 4 former communities in Kossuth County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 25th among the 79 Iowa counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Plum Creek as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 43.1091° N, 94.1969° W.

Key facts

Elevation1,178 ft
Nearest living townAlgona, IA
Distance to it2.9 miles
Coordinates43.10910, -94.19690

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What's there now

Plum Creek is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Algona, IA (population 5,414), about 2.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,178 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Plum Creek?

Plum Creek is in Kossuth County, Iowa, at 43.1091, -94.1969.

How many ghost towns are in Kossuth County?

Kossuth County, Iowa has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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