Money Creek (Root River tributary)

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| image_caption = Money Creek running through the Town of Money Creek, Minnesota

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| subdivision_name3 = Houston, Winona

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Money Creek is a stream in Houston and Winona counties, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.{{GNIS|648025}} It is a tributary of the Root River.{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n258 239]}} Money Creek was so named when a passerby's money blew into the creek and was lost.{{cite book|last=Lowthian|first=M. Russ|title=Road Biking Minnesota: A Guide to the Greatest Bike Rides in Minnesota|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cPXnFMjrh6sC&pg=PA41|date=1 September 2006|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|isbn=978-0-7627-3801-4|page=41}}