Mosquito Creek (Iowa)

(97 km) long, is a tributary of the Missouri River in southwest Iowa in the United States.

It rises near Earling, in Shelby County, and flows in a generally southwesterly direction, meeting the Missouri approximately 5 mi.

(8 km) downstream of Council Bluffs.

Mosquito Creek was named by pioneer settlers (Mormons) for the great number of mosquitoes near this stream when they camped there.

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