Bates Creek

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Bates Creek is a stream in Washington County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Mine a Breton Creek.

The stream headwaters are at 37°52′59″N90°50′27″W / 37.88306°N 90.84083°W / 37.88306; -90.84083 and its confluence with Mine a Breton Creek is at 37°56′50″N90°47′54″W / 37.94722°N 90.79833°W / 37.94722; -90.79833 . [1] Bates Creek source area lies south of Potosi, and flows north passing west of Potosi before turning northeast and passing under Missouri routes 8 and 185 just before joining the Mine a Breton just northwest of the city. [2]

Bates Creek has the name of Moses Bates, proprietor of a local blast furnace. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bates Creek
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 48 ISBN   0-89933-353-2
  3. ↑ "Washington County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.


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