Stouts Creek Explained

Stouts Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Missouri
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Iron County and Madison County
Source1 Location:Iron County, Missouri
Source1 Coordinates:37.5781°N -90.7347°W
Source1 Elevation:Approximately 410m (1,350feet)[1]
Mouth:St. Francis River
Mouth Location:Madison County, Missouri
Mouth Coordinates:37.5919°N -90.4983°W
Mouth Elevation:208m (682feet)

Stouts Creek is a stream in Iron and Madison counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The stream headwaters lie just northwest of Taum Sauk Mountain and it flows north then east to cross under Missouri Route 21 between Ironton and Arcadia. It continues east passing under Missouri Route 72 and past Lake Killarney. It flows into Madison County to its confluence with the St. Francis River east of Roselle.[2]

Stouts Creek has the name of Ephraim Stout, a pioneer citizen.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Ironton, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 56-57
  3. Web site: Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri. 12 October 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071635/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_iron.html. 24 June 2016.