Indian Creek (Courtois Creek tributary) explained

Indian Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Missouri
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Iron and Washington counties
Source1 Location:Iron County, Missouri
Source1 Coordinates:37.6631°N -91.075°W
Mouth Location:Washington County, Missouri
Mouth Coordinates:37.765°N -91.0714°W
Mouth Elevation:270m (890feet)

Indian Creek is a stream in Iron and Washington counties of eastern Missouri. It is a tributary of Courtois Creek.

The source is located in northern Iron County and the confluence with Courtois Creek is in southwest Washington County. The headwaters are along Missouri Route 32 just east of Bixby and the stream flows north to the east of Viburnum and into the southwest corner of Washington County to its confluence at Courtois.[1]

Indian Creek was named for traces of Native American settlement found along its course.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 48 and 56
  2. Web site: Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 11 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071635/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_iron.html . 24 June 2016 .