Description

42 mi. long; heads in Webster Township 3.4 mi. NW of Stanhope, flows generally SE into the South Skunk River in the City of Ames; Tps83-87N, Rgs24-26W, Fifth Principal Meridian

History

Named for the Ioway people (Báxoǰe, today members of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma), who lived in the region around the stream.

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