Clarks Creek (also known as Clarks Branch) is a stream in Chariton and Linn counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Mussel Fork. [2]
The stream headwaters arise in southeast Linn County at 39°46′26″N 92°53′56″W / 39.77389°N 92.89889°W on the south side of Bucklin. It flows south-southwest passing under US Route 36 and east of Marceline to enter Chariton County. It flows south generally parallel and east of Missouri Route 5 passing the community of Mike to enter Mussel Fork at 39°32′55″N 92°57′01″W / 39.54861°N 92.95028°W approximately 3.7 miles west of the community of Mussel Fork. [3] [2] [1]
Clarks Creek has the name of Henry Clark, a pioneer citizen. [4]
See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarks Creek (Missouri)
- ^ a b Mike, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1953 (1979 rev.)
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, pp. 22 and 29 ISBN 0899332242
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"Chariton County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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Clarks Creek (also known as Clarks Branch) is a stream in Chariton and Linn counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Mussel Fork. [2]
The stream headwaters arise in southeast Linn County at 39°46′26″N 92°53′56″W / 39.77389°N 92.89889°W on the south side of Bucklin. It flows south-southwest passing under US Route 36 and east of Marceline to enter Chariton County. It flows south generally parallel and east of Missouri Route 5 passing the community of Mike to enter Mussel Fork at 39°32′55″N 92°57′01″W / 39.54861°N 92.95028°W approximately 3.7 miles west of the community of Mussel Fork. [3] [2] [1]
Clarks Creek has the name of Henry Clark, a pioneer citizen. [4]
See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarks Creek (Missouri)
- ^ a b Mike, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1953 (1979 rev.)
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, pp. 22 and 29 ISBN 0899332242
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^
"Chariton County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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