Florida Creek

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Florida Creek is a stream in Nodaway County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Nodaway River.

The stream headwaters arise at 40°23′25″N94°57′57″W / 40.3902687°N 94.9658066°W / 40.3902687; -94.9658066 one mile south of the community of Wilcox and it flows generally to the southwest for a distance of approximately eight miles to its confluence with the Nodaway River just north of Skidmore at 40°18′25″N95°05′02″W / 40.3069368°N 95.0838635°W / 40.3069368; -95.0838635 Coordinates: 40°18′25″N95°05′02″W / 40.3069368°N 95.0838635°W / 40.3069368; -95.0838635 . [2] [1]

It is unknown why the name "Florida Creek" was applied to this stream. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Florida Creek
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 15 and 19, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.


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