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Cave Creek (Boone County)

Coordinates: 38°52′04″N 92°19′16″W / 38.8678146°N 92.3210184°W / 38.8678146; -92.3210184
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Cave Creek is a subterranean river in Boone County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The area of the stream is just west of Missouri Route 163 and about one half mile northwest of Pierpont.[2]

Cave Creek was named for the fact it flows through a cave.[3] It is located in Rock Bridge State Park.

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cave Creek (Boone County)
  2. ^ Ashland, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1969 (1982 rev.) (note: location per the coordinates given by GNIS)
  3. ^ "Boone County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

38°52′04″N 92°19′16″W / 38.8678146°N 92.3210184°W / 38.8678146; -92.3210184