Polecat Creek
Polecat Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is a tributary to Honey Creek. Polecat Creek was named for the polecats which roamed along its course.Places of Interest
Highlights include Boone Speedway and Ledges State Park.
Boone Speedway
Boone Speedway, also known as “Iowa’s Action Track", is a 1/3-mile high-banked dirt oval raceway located in Boone, Iowa. Races are held on Saturday nights sanctioned by the IMCA. Boone Speedway is situated 1½ miles east of Polecat Creek.Ledges State Park
Nature reserve
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Ledges State Park is a state park in Boone County, Iowa, United States, located approximately four miles south of the city of Boone. The park contains a sandstone gorge carved by Pea's Creek, a tributary of the Des Moines River. Ledges State Park is situated 2½ miles southeast of Polecat Creek.
Boone County Courthouse
Courthouse
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The Boone County Courthouse, located in Boone, Iowa, United States, was built in 1917. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. Boone County Courthouse is situated 2½ miles north of Polecat Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coal Valley and Boone.
Coal Valley
Hamlet
Coal Valley is an extinct town in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. Coal Valley is situated 2½ miles west of Polecat Creek.
Boone
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Boone is a city in Des Moines Township and the county seat of Boone County, Iowa, United States. It is the principal city of the Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Boone County.
Centerville
Hamlet
Centerville is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. Centerville is situated 5 miles north of Polecat Creek.
Polecat Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: stream in the U.S. state of Iowa, a tributary to Honey Creek
- Category: body of water
- Location: Boone, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Polecat Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Polecat Creek (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Iowa)”
- Cebuano: “Polecat Creek”
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