Bridges Creek Explained

Bridges Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Missouri
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Ozark County
Source1 Coordinates:36.5806°N -92.1944°W
Mouth Coordinates:36.5522°N -92.2672°W
Mouth Elevation:558feet

Bridges Creek is a stream in southeast Ozark County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of the North Fork River.

The stream begins at the junction of North Bridges Creek with South Bridges Creek. The north branch has headwaters in Howell County just west of Caulfield and south of U. S. Route 160 and it flows southwest into Ozark County and past Elijah. South Bridges Creek also starts in Howell County to the south of Caulfield adjacent to Missouri Route 101 and flows southwest to the junction. The two streams are each about five miles in length. Bridges Creek flows southwest from the junction and enters Norfork Lake about two miles south of Tecumseh and just north of Udall.[1]

Bridges Creek has the name of one Mr. Bridge, a pioneer citizen.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64,
  2. Web site: Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071830/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ozark.html . June 24, 2016 . live. The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 27, 2016.