Terrible Creek Explained

Terrible Creek is a stream in western Ripley County in southeast Missouri. It is a tributary of South Fork Buffalo Creek.[1]

The stream headwaters are at 36.6586°N -91.0183°W and its confluence with the South Fork is at 36.7019°N -90.9956°W. The stream source area lies just north of US Route 160 west of Briar.[1]

Terrible Creek was so named on account of the rugged terrain near its course.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 66,
  2. Web site: Ripley County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071854/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ripley.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. December 14, 2016.

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