Big Creek (Current River tributary)

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Big Creek is a stream in Shannon and Texas counties in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Current River.

The stream headwaters are in Texas County at 37°15′19″N91°52′25″W / 37.25528°N 91.87361°W / 37.25528; -91.87361 and the confluence with the current is in the northwest corner of Shannon County at 37°24′49″N91°36′21″W / 37.41361°N 91.60583°W / 37.41361; -91.60583 . [1] Cedargrove lies just north of the confluence. Razor Hollow flows parallel to the lower reaches of Big Creek and enters the Current about two miles southeast of Big Creek's confluence. [2]

Big Creek was so named on account of its size. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Creek (Current River tributary)
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 55, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.