Indian Creek (St. Francis River tributary) explained

Indian Creek is a stream in St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the St. Francis River.

The stream begins at the confluence of Middlebrook Creek and Mud Creek at 37.6794°N -90.6172°W.^[1] The stream flows north and is impounded as Iron Mountain Lake within the Iron Mountain Lake community. The stream continues to the north-northeast passing under Missouri Route W on to its confluence with the St. Francis River about 3.5 miles southeast of Bismarck at 37.7428°N -90.5886°W.^{[1] [2]}

Indian Creek was so named on account of a nearby Indian village.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

Notes and References

1. Iron Mountain Lake, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (1983 rev.)
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56
3. Web site: St. Francois County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071518/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_saint_francois.html . June 24, 2016 . dead . The State Historical Society of Missouri . November 27, 2016 .