Calumet Creek

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Calumet Creek is a stream in Pike County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Mississippi River. The stream headwaters arise at 39°16′40″N91°03′01″W / 39.27778°N 91.05028°W / 39.27778; -91.05028 [1] at an elevation of about 830 feet. The source area is about one mile east of the community of Edgewood and U.S. Route 61 and the stream flows to the northeast passing south of the community of Calumet. [2] The stream continues to the northeast and enters the Mississippi about one mile northwest of Clarksville. [3] The confluence is at 39°22′44″N90°55′15″W / 39.37889°N 90.92083°W / 39.37889; -90.92083 and an elevation of 449 feet. [1]

Calumet Creek derives its name from a colonial-era term for a certain type of Native American ceremonial pipe. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Calumet Creek
  2. Cyrene, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978 (1985 rev.)
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 33, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  4. "Pike County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.