Deer Creek (Pomme de Terre River tributary)

Deer Creek is a stream in Polk County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Pomme de Terre River.

The stream headwaters are located at 37°32′32″N 93°13′18″W / 37.54222°N 93.22167°W / 37.54222; -93.22167 and the confluence with the Pomme de Terre is at 37°34′51″N 93°18′44″W / 37.58083°N 93.31222°W / 37.58083; -93.31222.[1] The stream arises to the southwest of the community of Schofield and flows southwest and then northwest passing under Missouri Route H and Missouri Route YY past Van before entering the Pomme de Terre south of Burns.[2]

Deer Creek was so named on account of deer in the area.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deer Creek (Pomme de Terre River tributary)
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Polk County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.


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