Bald Ridge Creek

Not to be confused with Baldridge Creek.

Bald Ridge Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Region	Texas and Phelps counties
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Texas County, Missouri
• coordinates	37°32′54″N92°06′57″W / 37.54833°N 92.11583°W / 37.54833; -92.11583
Mouth
• location	Pulaski County, Missouri
• coordinates	37°39′26″N92°04′15″W / 37.65722°N 92.07083°W / 37.65722; -92.07083
• elevation	250 m (820 ft)
[1]

Bald Ridge Creek (also spelled Baldridge Creek) is a stream in northwest Texas County and southeast Pulaski County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. ^{[1] [2]} It is a tributary of the Big Piney River. ^[2] The headwaters of the stream arise to the southeast of Evening Shade and northeast of Missouri Route 17. The confluence with the Big Piney River is in Pulaski County southeast of the community of Big Piney and west of the community of Duke in Phelps County. ^{[1] [2]}

Bald Ridge Creek has the name of the local Baldridge family, original owners of the site. ^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bald Ridge Creek
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
3. "Pulaski County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.