Hurricane Creek (Tenmile Creek tributary) explained

Hurricane Creek is a stream in Butler, Carter and Ripley counties of southern Missouri. A tributary of Tenmile Creek.

The stream headwaters are located at 36.8189°N -90.6497°W and the confluence with Tenmile Creek is at 36.7872°N -90.5697°W. The community of Milltowm in western Butler County is located on the banks of the stream.[1]

Hurricane Creek was so named on account of a tornado which struck the area in the 1850s.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 66-67,
  2. Web site: Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 6 September 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071902/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_butler.html . 24 June 2016 .