Pigeon Creek (Current River tributary) explained

Pigeon Creek is a stream in Texas and Dent counties of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of the Current River.

The stream headwaters arise in Texas County adjacent to Missouri Route C approximately three miles northeast of Licking^[1] at 37.5272°N -91.8283°W and an elevation of approximately 1300 feet. It flows generally east to southeast to its confluence with the Current at Montauk Spring in Montauk State Park at 37.46°N -91.6833°W at an elevation of 935 feet.^[2]

The stream was named for the common occurrence of pigeons along the stream.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Maples, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1980 rev.)
2. Montauk, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGDS, 1951 (1985 rev.)
3. Web site: Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071622/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. December 28, 2016.