Honey Creek, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Honey Creek, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Honey Creek, Iowa Location within the state of Iowa
Coordinates: 41°25′50″N 95°51′59″W / 41.43056°N 95.86639°WCoordinates: 41°25′50″N 95°51′59″W / 41.43056°N 95.86639°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Pottawattamie
Elevation	1,014 ft (309 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	51542
GNIS feature ID	464584

Honey Creek is an unincorporated community in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. Its elevation is 1,014 feet (309 m).^[1] Although it is unincorporated, it has a ZIP code of 51542.^[2]

History

Honey Creek was founded in the 1860s when the Chicago and North Western Railway was extended to that point.^[3] The community took its name from nearby Honey Creek.^[4] A post office was established in Honey Creek in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1990.^[5][6]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Honey Creek, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-04-30. Accessed 2008-04-08.
2. Zip Code Lookup
3. History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa: Containing a History from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. O. L. Baskin & Company. 1883. p. 278.
4. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 84.
5. "Pottawattamie County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Honey Creek Post Office (historical)