Eightmile Creek (Missouri)

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Eightmile Creek is a stream in Cass County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary to the South Grand River. [2]

The stream headwaters arise approximately two miles east of Harrisonville at 38°38′40″N94°18′15″W / 38.64444°N 94.30417°W / 38.64444; -94.30417 [1] and an elevation of 1010 feet. [3] The stream flows generally south passing under Missouri Route 7 just to the east of Daugherty and then passing west of Austin to its confluence with the South Grand adjacent to U.S. Route 71 about one mile northeast of Archie [2] at 38°29′28″N94°19′16″W / 38.49111°N 94.32111°W / 38.49111; -94.32111 and an elevation of 787 feet. [1]

Eightmile Creek was named for its distance, about 8 miles (13 km) from Harrisonville. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eightmile Creek (Missouri)
  2. 1 2 Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 34 ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ Harrisonville, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1982 rev.)
  4. ↑ "Cass County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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