Grays Creek (Missouri)

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Grays Creek is a stream in Cole County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Missouri River. It flows into the Missouri River floodplain just northwest of Jefferson City. [2]

The stream headwaters arise about two miles east of Centertown and one half mile north of US Route 50 at 38°37′02″N92°21′52″W / 38.61722°N 92.36444°W / 38.61722; -92.36444 and the stream flows to the east past the communities of Elston and Scott to enter the Missouri floodplain at Cole Junction just prior to entering the Missouri at 38°36′11″N92°12′21″W / 38.60306°N 92.20583°W / 38.60306; -92.20583 . [1] [2]

Grays Creek was named after the local Gray family. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grays Creek (Missouri)
  2. 1 2 Jefferson City, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967
  3. "Cole County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

38°36′11″N92°12′21″W / 38.6030901°N 92.2057396°W / 38.6030901; -92.2057396