Glaize Creek Explained

Glaize Creek (also called Grand Glaize Creek) is a stream in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River. The stream headwaters arise at 38.3703°N -90.4936°W just east of Missouri Route 21. The stream flows east-southeast roughly paralleling Missouri Route M and passes under I-55 north of Barnhart then passing under US Route 61 to its confluence with the Mississippi River adjacent to Sulphur Springs[1] at 38.3342°N -90.3742°W.

Glaize Creek derives its name from the French words denoting "red earth".[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 49
  2. Web site: Jefferson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 19 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071321/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_jefferson.html . 24 June 2016 .