Big Bureau Creek
The Big Bureau Creek is a 73-mile-long tributary of the Illinois River in north central Illinois. It rises approximately 10 miles north of Mendota and flows southwest into Bureau County, turning south at Princeton and then flowing east into the Illinois River floodplain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Bureau Creek” and “Robertsons River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hennepin and Bureau.
Hennepin
Town
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Hennepin is a village located on the Illinois River in Putnam County, Illinois, United States. The population was 757 in 2010, an increase of 50 since the 2000 census. Hennepin is situated 1½ miles east of Big Bureau Creek.
Bureau
Village
Bureau Junction, usually called Bureau, is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 281 at the 2020 census. The village name is shown as both "Bureau Junction" and "Bureau" on federal maps, and is commonly called "Bureau", including by phone companies and the United States Post Office. Bureau is situated 3 miles north of Big Bureau Creek.
Moronts
Hamlet
Moronts is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, Illinois, United States, located approximately 3 miles northeast of Hennepin. There was never a town, only a train station and a grain elevator. Moronts is situated 5 miles northeast of Big Bureau Creek.
Big Bureau Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Bureau, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Big Bureau Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Big Bureau Creek”
- Cebuano: “Big Bureau Creek”
- Venetian: “Big Bureau”
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