Elk Creek, Missouri

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Elk Creek, Missouri
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Elk Creek, Missouri
Location within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 37°11′20″N91°59′50″W / 37.18889°N 91.99722°W / 37.18889; -91.99722
Country United States
State Missouri
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Elk Creek is an unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located approximately nine miles south of Houston.

A post office called Elk Creek has been in operation since 1860. [2] The community was so named on account of the elk once abundant in the area. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk Creek, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 368.