Palmer Creek (Missouri River tributary) explained

Palmer Creek is a stream in Chariton County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Missouri River.

The stream headwaters arise at 39.5317°N -93.0408°W and it flows generally south passing the community of Indian Grove.^[1] It continues to the south entering the Missouri River floodplain passing under US Route 24 approximately midway between Brunswick and Keytesville. The stream passes through the Cut-Off Lake and enters the Missouri just west of the Chariton River confluence^[2] at 39.3164°N -92.9683°W.

Palmer Creek was named after Maillard Palmer, the first state representative from Chariton County.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Indian Grove, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1948 (1979 rev.)
2. Cambridge, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1956 (1979 rev.)
3. http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_chariton.html Chariton County Place Names, 1928-1945; The State Historical Society of Missouri