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Schooner Creek

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Schooner Creek is a stream in Brown County, Indiana, in the United States. The stream consists of two sections: Upper Schooner Creek and Lower Schooner Creek. The river system was named for a German pioneer settler named Schoonover.

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N 39.158055555556 ° E -86.336388888889 °
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47448
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