Third Creek Explained

Third Creek is a stream in Gasconade and Osage counties of central Missouri. It is a tributary of the Gasconade River.

The stream headwaters are in Gasconade County at 38.3631°N -91.4925°W and the confluence with the Gasconade is in Osage County at 38.4317°N -91.6672°W. The stream source is just west of Missouri Route 19 north of Owensville. The stream flows northwest past Old Woollam and, after passing under Missouri Routes P and A, it gains the flow of its southern tributary Crider Creek, and enters Osage County about 1.5 mile before it joins the Gasconade at Cooper Hill.[1]

Third Creek was named for the fact it is the third in order of tributaries on the Gasconade River from the nearby Missouri River.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, pp. 39 and 47,
  2. Web site: Gasconade County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri. 2 October 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160418052819/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_gasconade.html. 18 April 2016.