Abandoned Record
About Plum Creek
Plum Creek is a ghost town in Kossuth County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. A railroad station was once located at Plum Creek.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Plum Creek, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Plum Creek is
Historic maps
4 historic USGS maps cover Plum Creek
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1954 Fairmont sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Fairmont sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1972 Algona sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Estherville sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Plum Creek
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Iowa index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Plum Creek, Iowa": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q20710731.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).