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Negro Creek (Tongue Creek tributary)

Negro Creek is a stream in Delta County, Colorado, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of Tongue Creek.

The creek, frozen in winter. It merges with Tongue creek to the left of the hill in the distance.

Negro Creek was known as Nigger Creek until the name was changed in the 1960s.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Negro Creek (Tongue Creek tributary)
  2. ^ Hatfield, Larry (Aug 2, 1967). "Mapmakers dropping many names". The Times-News. p. 15. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

38°48′25″N 108°00′08″W / 38.80694°N 108.00222°W / 38.80694; -108.00222


 

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