Tabor Creek Explained

Tabor Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Missouri
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Douglas County and Howell County
Source1 Coordinates:36.8056°N 91.9183°W
Source1 Elevation:NaNfeet
Mouth Coordinates:36.8008°N -92.1442°W
Mouth Elevation:709feet

Tabor Creek is a stream in Douglas and Howell counties in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.

The stream source area is located about six miles northwest of West Plains just north of Missouri Route 14. The stream flows southwest passing under Route 14 and on passing one mile south of the community of Grimmet. The stream then turns west and enters the Mark Twain National Forest and meanders west passing about one mile south of Siloam Springs. The stream turns northwest and enters the southeast corner of Douglas County and flows west to its confluence with Spring Creek about one half mile north of the Spring Creek's confluence with the North Fork River.[1] [2]

The stream was named for the Tabor family who moved into the area from Kentucky before the Civil War.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Siloam Springs, Missouri, and Dora, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1973
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64,
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071834/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_howell.html Howell County Place Names, 1928-1945, The State Historical Society Of Missouri.