Goff Creek (Missouri)

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Goff Creek is a stream in Stone County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the James River.

The headwaters are the junction of the East Prong Goff Creek and West Prong Goff Creek at 36°52′30″N93°23′40″W / 36.87500°N 93.39444°W / 36.87500; -93.39444 and the confluence with the James is at 36°53′12″N93°24′24″W / 36.88667°N 93.40667°W / 36.88667; -93.40667 . [1] The East Prong flows past Ponce de Leon and the West Prong flows north from Abesville on Missouri Route 176. The two converge and flow northwest under Missouri Route V and past White City on to join the James just south of the McCall Bridge. [2]

Goff Creek has the name of John Goff, a pioneer settler. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goff Creek (Missouri)
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 62, ISBN   0-89933-353-2
  3. ↑ "Stone County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.



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