Powers Creek Explained

Powers Creek is a stream in northeast Butler County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Black River.

The stream headwaters arise at 36.9117°N -90.4269°W and it flows to the southwest to its confluence with the Black River at 36.8834°N -90.4521°W southeast of Hendrickson and north of the community of Wilby after crossing under Missouri Route O and the Missouri Pacific Railway.^{[1] [2]}

Powers Creek was named after George Powers, an early settler.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

Notes and References

1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p. 67
2. Hendrickson, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966
3. Web site: Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri. 6 September 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071902/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_butler.html. 24 June 2016.