Beaverdam Creek (South Fork Blackwater River tributary) explained

Beaverdam Creek (also spelled Beaver Dam Creek) is a stream in Pettis County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the South Fork Blackwater River.

The stream headwaters arise approximately one mile north of the community of La Monte at 38.7853°N -93.4153°W and it flows generally north about four miles parallel to and just east of Missouri Route 127 to its confluence with the South Fork approximately 2.5 miles east-northeast of the community of Stokley at 38.8489°N -93.4247°W.[1]

Beaverdam Creek was so named due to the presence of beaver dams in the area.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 36
  2. Web site: Pettis County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070946/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_pettis.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 27, 2016.