Lick Log Creek (Missouri) Explained

Lick Log Creek is a stream in Bollinger and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.

The headwaters are located in eastern Wayne County at 37.1253°N -90.2269°W and the confluence with the Castor River is in Bollinger County at 37.1572°N -90.1831°W.^[1]

The stream source area is in extreme eastern Wayne County east of Lowndes. The stream flows to the northeast passing under Missouri Route E just west of Gipsy to its confluence with the Castor River just north of Gipsy.^[2]

Lick Log Creek was named for a salty log at a mineral lick which attracted deer.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

Notes and References

1. Gypsy, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1963
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 57
3. Web site: Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 3 September 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071742/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html . 24 June 2016 .