Boone Creek (Big Piney River tributary)
Boone Creek is a stream in Texas County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Big Piney River.
The stream headwaters are at 37°26′35″N 91°50′38″W / 37.44306°N 91.84389°W and the confluence with the Big Piney is at 37°29′26″N 91°58′22″W / 37.49056°N 91.97278°W.[1] The stream source is about three miles south of Licking. The stream flows west-northwest and passes under Missouri Route 137 and U. S. Route 63 to join the Big Piney about eight miles from its source just south of Missouri Route 32.[2]
Boone Creek has the name of Daniel Boone, frontiersman.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boone Creek (Big Piney River tributary)
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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