Elk Creek (Gasconade River tributary)

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Elk Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
State Missouri
Region Wright County
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates 37°20′59″N92°33′23″W / 37.34972°N 92.55639°W / 37.34972; -92.55639
  elevation1,480 [1]  ft (450 m)
Mouth  
  coordinates
37°27′34″N92°25′21″W / 37.45944°N 92.42250°W / 37.45944; -92.42250
  elevation
1,001 ft (305 m)
[2]

Elk Creek is a stream in central to northeast Wright County, Missouri. [2] It is a tributary of the Gasconade River.

The stream headwaters arise some eight miles north-northwest of Hartville between the communities of Loring and Durbin. The stream flows to the north and northeast passing under routes H and Z to its confluence with the Gasconade in northern Wright County about 1.5 miles southeast of Competition in southern Laclede County. [3]

Elk Creek was so named on account of elk in the area. [4]

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References

  1. Hartville, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1956
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk Creek (Gasconade River tributary)
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  4. "Wright County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.