Boone Creek (Bourbeuse River tributary)

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Boone Creek (sometimes called Boones Creek) is a stream in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Bourbeuse River. It runs through Crawford and Franklin Counties.

The stream headwaters are in Crawford County just north of the community of Coffeyton at 38°07′43″N91°16′19″W / 38.12861°N 91.27194°W / 38.12861; -91.27194 . The stream flows north passing under Interstate 44 and then northeast past Bourbon then turns north and enters Franklin County. The stream flows north-northwest passing between Japan and Elmont to enter a meander on the Bourbeuse between Strain and Champion City at 38°18′02″N91°17′20″W / 38.30056°N 91.28889°W / 38.30056; -91.28889 . [2] [1] [3]

Boone Creek bears the name of frontiersman Daniel Boone. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boone Creek (Bourbeuse River tributary)
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ Argo, Strain and Sullivan, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1948, 1966 and 1969 (respectively and all photorevised 1980)
  4. ↑ "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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