Sulphur Creek (Crane Pond Creek tributary) explained

Sulphur Creek is a stream in eastern Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Crane Pond Creek.

The stream headwaters arise at 37.4203°N -90.6444°W and the confluence with Crane Pond Creek is at 37.3683°N -90.5828°W.The source area is in Clark National Forest and the stream flows south and southeast out of the forest area. It passes under Missouri Route C before its confluence with Crane Pond Creek south of the community of Minimum.[1]

Sulphur Creek was so named due to the occurrence of iron ore along the stream which settlers mistook for sulphur.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56,
  2. 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.