Indian Creek (Big Piney River tributary) explained

Indian Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Missouri
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Texas County
Source1 Location:Texas County, Missouri
Source1 Coordinates:37.2839°N -91.8883°W
Mouth Location:Texas County, Missouri
Mouth Coordinates:37.3094°N -91.9978°W
Mouth Elevation:311m (1,020feet)

Indian Creek is a stream in Texas County, Missouri. It is a tributary of the Big Piney River.

The stream source is south of Missouri Route 17 west of Yukon. It flows west-northwest passing under U. S. Route 63 south of Houston and enters the Big Piney southwest of Houston.[1]

Indian Creek took its name from an old Shawnee Indian settlement near its course.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54,
  2. Web site: Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071622/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html . June 24, 2016 . dead . The State Historical Society of Missouri . December 28, 2016 .