Piper Creek (Missouri)
Piper Creek is a stream in Polk County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Pomme de Terre River.
The stream headwaters are located at 37°33′35″N 93°24′14″W / 37.55972°N 93.40389°W and the confluence is at 37°40′45″N 93°24′19″W / 37.67917°N 93.40528°W.[1] The stream source arises as an intermittent stream along Missouri Route Y just east of the community of Karlin. The stream flows east and northeast passing under Missouri Route 13 and then Missouri Route 32 about two miles east of Bolivar. The stream continues its flow to the north-northwest passing under Missouri Route D to its confluence with the Pomme de Terre about four miles north of Bolivar.[2]
Piper Creek has the name of the local Piper family.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piper Creek (Missouri)
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Polk County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
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