Flint Creek
Flint Creek is a stream in Des Moines, Iowa. Flint Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Gulfport, as well as near the town West Burlington.Places of Interest
Highlights include Capitol Theater and Burlington station.
Capitol Theater
Theater building
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The Capitol Theater was a 700-seat theater in Burlington, Iowa. Opened in 1937, with the first showing being Mark Twain's classic The Prince and the Pauper. Capitol Theater is situated 1½ miles south of Flint Creek.
Burlington station
Railway station
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Burlington station is an Amtrak train station in Burlington, Iowa, United States. It is served by the California Zephyr, with one daily train in each direction. Burlington station is situated 2 miles south of Flint Creek.
Community Field
Stadium
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Community Field is a stadium in Burlington, Iowa. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Burlington Bees collegiate summer baseball team of the Prospect League. Community Field is situated 2 miles west of Flint Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burlington and Gulfport.
Burlington
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Burlington is a city in Southeast Iowa. It is on the Mississippi River and has a population of about 27,000. From the raising of the American flag here in 1805 by Zebulon Pike to becoming a post of the American Fur Company in 1829 and then Iowa Territory's first territorial capital in 1838, Burlington has been a place of considerable historical value.
Gulfport
Hamlet
Gulfport is a village in Henderson County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 42, down from 54 at the 2010 census.
West Burlington
Town
West Burlington is a city in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States, adjacent to the Mississippi River city of Burlington. The population was 3,197 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. West Burlington is situated 3 miles west of Flint Creek.
Flint Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Flint River”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Des Moines, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.83262° or 40° 49′ 57″ northLongitude
-91.0984° or 91° 5′ 54″ westElevation
525 feet (160 metres)Open location code
86GCRWM2+2JGeoNames ID
4857266
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