Richland Creek (Lamine River tributary) explained

Richland Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Missouri
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Morgan County
Source1 Coordinates:38.4233°N -92.915°W
Source1 Elevation:NaNfeet
Mouth Coordinates:38.6686°N -92.9531°W
Mouth Elevation:669feet

Richland Creek is a stream in Morgan County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Lamine River.

The stream headwaters arise in southern Morgan County between Versailles to the east and Stover to the west. The stream flows northward passing under Missouri Route 52. About ten miles to the north the stream meets its confluence with Flat Creek west of Syracuse. The combined streams continue to the north as the Lamine River.[1]

The stream was named due to the fertile or rich soil of its floodplain.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 36
  2. Web site: Morgan County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071149/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_morgan.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. December 24, 2017.