Cherry Valley Creek (Missouri)

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Cherry Valley Creek is a stream in Crawford County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Dry Creek. [2]

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Crawford County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Crawford County is a county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2010 Census, the population was 24,696. Its county seat is Steelville. The county was organized in 1829 and is named after U.S. Senator William H. Crawford of Georgia.

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The stream headwaters arise just north of Missouri Route 19 about two miles southwest of Cherryville (at 37°50′22″N91°18′25″W / 37.83944°N 91.30694°W / 37.83944; -91.30694 [1] ) and it meanders to the northeast and north passing under route 19 north of Cherryville. The stream continues to the northeast to enter Dry Creek about seven miles east of Steelville and two miles north of the community of Westover (at 37°54′N91°12′W / 37.9°N 91.2°W / 37.9; -91.2 Coordinates: 37°54′N91°12′W / 37.9°N 91.2°W / 37.9; -91.2 [1] ). [3]

Route 19 is a long state highway in Missouri. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 61 in New London and its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 63 on the north side of Thayer. Route 19 is one of Missouri's original 1922 highways, though it initially had a northern terminus at Route 14 in Cuba and was later extended north.

Cherryville is an unincorporated community in southeastern Crawford County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 19, approximately ten miles south of Steelville, at the northern terminus of Route 49. It is near the Mark Twain National Forest.

Steelville, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Steelville is a city in Crawford County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,642 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Crawford County. Steelville is the hometown of Congressman Albert Reeves and Missouri State Representative Jason Chipman. The town was named after landowner James Steel.

Cherry Valley Creek was named for the cherry-tree lined valley which surrounds it. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cherry Valley Creek (Missouri)
  2. ↑ Huzzah, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978 (1985 rev.)
  3. ↑ Cherryville, Missouri and Huzzah, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1978
  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.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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