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Pinery Creek

Coordinates: 38°09′47″N 90°50′53″W / 38.16306°N 90.84806°W / 38.16306; -90.84806
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Pinery Creek is a stream in Washington County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Little Indian Creek.[2]

The stream headwaters are at 38°06′55″N 90°53′02″W / 38.11528°N 90.88389°W / 38.11528; -90.88389 and the confluence with Little Indian Creek is at 38°09′47″N 90°50′53″W / 38.16306°N 90.84806°W / 38.16306; -90.84806.[1] The confluence is about 1.5 miles west of Richwoods.[2]

Pinery Creek was so named on account of pine timber along its course.[3]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pinery Creek
  2. ^ a b Richwoods, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1981
  3. ^ "Washington County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.