Brushy Creek (Saline Creek tributary)

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Brushy Creek is a stream in southeastern Ste. Genevieve County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Saline Creek. The headwaters of Brushy Creek are within the Mark Twain National Forest at 37°43′29″N90°06′13″W / 37.72472°N 90.10361°W / 37.72472; -90.10361 and the stream flows northeast to its confluence with Saline Creek about 1.5 miles southwest of the community of Minnith at 37°46′36″N90°04′17″W / 37.77667°N 90.07139°W / 37.77667; -90.07139 at an elevation of 440 feet. [1] [2]

Brushy Creek was so named on account of brush along its course. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brushy Creek (Saline Creek tributary)
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 49 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Ste. Genevieve County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016.



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