Fiddle Creek

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Fiddle Creek is a stream in northeast Franklin County in east central Missouri. [1]

The stream headwaters are located adjacent to Missouri Route 100 approximately one mile northeast of Gray Summit [2] at 38°30′19″N90°48′21″W / 38.50528°N 90.80583°W / 38.50528; -90.80583 and the confluence with the Missouri River is at 38°35′58″N90°45′45″W / 38.59944°N 90.76250°W / 38.59944; -90.76250 Coordinates: 38°35′58″N90°45′45″W / 38.59944°N 90.76250°W / 38.59944; -90.76250 . [1] [3] The stream enters the Missouri River floodplain after crossing under Missouri Route T at Oetters and then runs along the south margin of the floodplain past St Albans to enter the Missouri River approximately 1.5 miles northeast of St Albans. [2]

Fiddle Creek got its name because fiddling was a popular pastime among early settlers near the creek. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fiddle Creek
  2. 1 2 Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.40 ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ Labadie, Missouri 7.5 minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1972
  4. ↑ "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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