Clear Creek (Crooked Creek tributary)

Clear Creek is a stream in Monroe and Shelby counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Crooked Creek.

The stream headwaters are in southern Shelby County west of Shelbina at 39°42′28″N 92°05′25″W / 39.70778°N 92.09028°W / 39.70778; -92.09028 and the confluence with Crooked Creek is just upstream from the Mark Twain Lake in northern Monroe County at 39°35′21″N 91°57′23″W / 39.58917°N 91.95639°W / 39.58917; -91.95639.[1][2]

Clear Creek was so named on account of the clarity of the water it contains.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clear Creek (Crooked Creek tributary)
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 48 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Monroe County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.


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