Boone Creek (Bourbeuse River tributary) explained

Boone Creek (sometimes called Boones Creek) is a stream in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Bourbeuse River. It runs through Crawford and Franklin Counties.

The stream headwaters are in Crawford County just north of the community of Coffeyton at 38.1286°N -91.2719°W. The stream flows north passing under Interstate 44 and then northeast past Bourbon then turns north and enters Franklin County. The stream flows north-northwest passing between Japan and Elmont to enter a meander on the Bourbeuse between Strain and Champion City at 38.3006°N -91.2889°W.^{[1] [2]}

Boone Creek bears the name of frontiersman Daniel Boone.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

Notes and References

1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47
2. Argo, Strain and Sullivan, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1948, 1966 and 1969 (respectively and all photorevised 1980)
3. Web site: Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 24 September 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071452/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_crawford.html . 24 June 2016 .