Fourmile Creek (Neosho River tributary)

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  coordinates 38°38′11″N96°42′21″W / 38.6363976°N 96.7058418°W / 38.6363976; -96.7058418
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38°37′14″N96°27′23″W / 38.6205643°N 96.4563911°W / 38.6205643; -96.4563911

Fourmile Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Kansas. [1] It is a tributary to the Neosho River.

Fourmile Creek was so named on account of its distance, 4 miles (6.4 km) miles from Council Grove. [2] The Four Mile Creek Lattice bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fourmile Creek (Neosho River tributary)
  2. Maloy, John (1981). "History of Morris County 1820 to 1890" (PDF). Morris County Historical Society. p. 33. Retrieved 7 July 2019.