Pierson Creek

{{Short description|Stream in Woodbury and Cherokee counties, Iowa}}

{{Other uses|Pierson Creek (James River)}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

Pierson Creek is a stream in Woodbury County and Cherokee County, in the US state of Iowa.{{GNIS|460130}} It is a tributary of the Little Sioux River.

The headwaters are at {{coord|42|39|40|N|95|46|31|W|display=inline}} and the confluence with the Little Sioux are at {{coord|42|28|58|N|95|47|34|W|display=inline,title}}.

The name of the stream was named after Andrew Pierson, a pioneer settler.{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA113|year=1908|page=113}}