Massie Creek Explained

Massie Creek is a stream in eastern Montgomery and southwestern Warren counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Loutre Slough.

The stream headwaters arise in eastern Montgomery County just to the south of Jonesburg and Interstate 70 at 38.8469°N -91.2992°W. The stream flows south to southwest into Warren County to its confluence with the Loutre Slough at 38.7331°N -91.3711°W within the Missouri River valley just east of the community of Case and after crossing under Missouri Route 94.[1]

Variant names include "Massas Creek", "Masses Creek", "Masseys Creek", and "Massies Creek". The creek most likely has the name of Peter Massie, an early settler.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 39,
  2. Web site: Warren County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071057/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_warren.html . June 24, 2016 . dead . The State Historical Society of Missouri . December 30, 2016 .