Dirty Face Creek

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Dirty Face Creek is a stream in Johnson County, Iowa, in the United States. It is a tributary to Old Mans Creek. Dirty Face Creek was so named because the children of an early settler there often had dirty faces.

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Dirty Face Creek
Observatory Avenue Southwest,

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N 41.556963 °	E -91.552666 °

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Observatory Avenue Southwest

Observatory Avenue Southwest
52327
Iowa, United States
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