Smelser Creek Explained

Smelser Creek is a stream in Pettis County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Muddy Creek.

The stream headwaters arise approximately two miles southeast of Hughesville at 38.8175°N -93.2766°W.^[1] The stream flows to the southeast for about two miles then swings to the east and northeast before reaching its confluence with Muddy Creek one-half mile west of US Route 65 approximately six miles north of Sedalia at 38.8°N -93.2327°W.^[2] Smelser Creek has the name of an early settler.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

Notes and References

1. Hughsville, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1973 (1975 rev.)
2. Beaman, MO 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1953 (1978 rev.)
3. Web site: Pettis County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070946/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_pettis.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 27, 2016.