Box Elder Creek is a
tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
that joins the
South Platte River
The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River. Flowing through the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska, it is itself a major river of the American Midwestern United States, Midwest and the American Sou ...
near
Kersey, Colorado
The Town of Kersey is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,495 at the 2020 United States census.
History
Elbridge Gerry established a trading post called Fort Gerry on the South Platte River near th ...
. It rises in
Elbert County, Colorado.
The creek flows through
Elbert,
Arapahoe,
Adams, and
Weld counties. It passes near
Denver International Airport
Denver International Airport , often referred to by locals as DIA, is an international airport in the Western United States, primarily serving metropolitan Denver, Colorado, as well as the greater Front Range Urban Corridor. At , Effective Ju ...
.
It was the site of the
Hungate massacre which had a family of four murdered.
See also
*
List of rivers of Colorado
This is a list of rivers and streams in the United States, U.S. Colorado, State of Colorado.
##Alphabetical list, Alphabetical list
##Tributary chart, Tributary chart
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Alphabetical list
The following alphabetical list includes many import ...
References
Rivers of Weld County, Colorado
Rivers of Adams County, Colorado
Rivers of Arapahoe County, Colorado
Rivers of Elbert County, Colorado
Rivers of Colorado
Tributaries of the Platte River
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