Glaize Creek

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Glaize Creek (also called Grand Glaize Creek) is a stream in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Mississippi River. The stream headwaters arise at 38°22′13″N90°29′37″W / 38.37028°N 90.49361°W / 38.37028; -90.49361 just east of Missouri Route 21. The stream flows east-southeast roughly paralleling Missouri Route M and passes under I-55 north of Barnhart then passing under US Route 61 to its confluence with the Mississippi River adjacent to Sulphur Springs [2] at 38°20′3″N90°22′27″W / 38.33417°N 90.37417°W / 38.33417; -90.37417 . [1]

Glaize Creek derives its name from the French words denoting "red earth". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glaize Creek
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 49 ISBN   0899332242
  3. "Jefferson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)