Buffalo Creek (Blackwater River tributary)

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Buffalo Creek is a stream in northern Pettis and southern Saline counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Blackwater River. [2]

The stream headwaters arise in northern Pettis County southeast of Houstonia and it flows north past the east side of Houstonia to enter the Blackwater River just north of the Pettis-Saline county line. [2]

Buffalo Creek was so named due to reports of buffalo in the area. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Creek (Blackwater River tributary)
  2. 1 2 Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.36 ISBN   0899332242
  3. "Pettis County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.

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