Mahans Creek Explained

Mahans Creek is a stream in southeastern Shannon County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of Jacks Fork.

The stream headwaters are at 37.0328°N -91.4075°W and the confluence with the Jacks Fork is at 37.1528°N -91.3756°W. The stream source area is northwest of Winona and it flows north along Missouri Route E past the community of Delaware. It then turns to the northeast and passes under Missouri Route 106 and joins the Jacks Fork just northwest of Eminence.[1]

A variant name was "Manans Creek". Also spelled "Mahon Creek", the creek has the name of the local Mahon family.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 55 and 65,
  2. Web site: Shannon County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071719/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_shannon.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri . December 25, 2016 .