Crooked Creek (Bear Creek tributary) explained

Crooked Creek is a stream in Ralls County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Bear Creek.[1]

The stream headwaters arise east of Missouri Route HH at 39.6667°N -91.4831°W at an elevation of approximately 735 feet. The stream flows east crossing under Route HH and then turns to the north again passing under Route HH. It continues to the north-northeast to its confluence with Bear Creek less than 500 feet south of the Ralls-Marion county line[1] at 39.6839°N -91.4447°W and an elevation of 551 feet.

Crooked Creek was so named on account of frequent meanders on its course.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Hannibal West, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1971
  2. Web site: Ralls County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070902/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ralls.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. December 11, 2016.