Bell Creek (Gasconade River tributary) explained

Bell Creek (also called Bells Creek) is a stream in Pulaski County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Gasconade River.

The stream headwaters arise on the east side of Crocker adjacent to Missouri Route 17 at 37.9467°N -92.2628°W.^[1] The stream flows east and southeast to its confluence with the Gasconade just north of Wheelers Mill at 37.9156°N -92.1717°W.^{[2] [3]}

Bell Creek has the name of the local Bell family.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

Notes and References

1. Crocker, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (rev. 1976)
2. Hancock, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (rev. 1977)
3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 46,
4. Web site: Pulaski County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071433/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_pulaski.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 27, 2016.