Clates Creek Explained

Clates Creek is a stream in Franklin County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Bourbeuse River.^[1]

The stream headwaters arise at 38.3572°N -91.3033°W and it flows to the south-southwest to its confluence with the Bourbeuse is at 38.3192°N -91.3286°W.^[1]

Clates Creek has the name of a pioneer citizen.^[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

Notes and References

1. Strain, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966 (1980 rev.)
2. Web site: Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 29 September 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071257/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_franklin.html . 24 June 2016 .