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Sinking Creek (Turnback Creek tributary)

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Sinking Creek is a stream in Lawrence and Dade counties of southwest Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Turnback Creek.

The stream source is in the northeast corner of Lawrence County at 37°16′55″N 93°40′54″W / 37.28194°N 93.68167°W / 37.28194; -93.68167. The confluence with TurnBack Creek in south east Dade County is at 37°22′19″N 93°47′38″W / 37.37194°N 93.79389°W / 37.37194; -93.79389.[1]

The stream flows past the southwest edge of Everton and the village of Pilgrim. The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway follows the stream valley.[2][3][4]

Sinking Creek was named for its status as a losing stream.[5]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sinking Creek (Turnback Creek tributary)
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 51, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ Everton Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quad, USGS, 1956
  4. ^ South Greenfield Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quad, USGS, 1956
  5. ^ "Dade County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)