Bear Creek is a stream in Gentry and Worth counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Middle Fork Grand River.[1]
The stream headwaters arise in Worth County at 40.4753°N -94.4903°W and an elevation of approximately 1080 feet.[2] The stream flows south-southeast passing west of Worth into Gentry County to its confluence with the Middle Fork at 40.3544°N -94.4247°W at an elevation of 873 feet. The confluence is approximately one mile north of Gentry.[1]
Bear Creek received its name from a pioneer incident in which a bear was killed near its course.[3]