Hubble Creek (Castor River Diversion Channel tributary)

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Hubble Creek is a stream in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri in the United States. [1] It is a tributary of the Castor River Diversion Channel.

The stream headwaters arise at 37°27′00″N89°38′11″W / 37.45000°N 89.63639°W / 37.45000; -89.63639 [1] just east of Fruitland. The stream flows south passing under I-55 at the intersection with US Route 61. The stream runs parallel to Route 61 through Jackson and continues south past the communities of Gordonville and Dutchtown to its confluence with the Castor River Diversion Channel [2] at 37°14′01″N89°40′28″W / 37.23361°N 89.67444°W / 37.23361; -89.67444 . [1]

Hubble Creek derives its name from Isthamar Hubble, a pioneer who settled at the creek in the late 1790s. [3] Mr. Hubble was the proprietor of a mill on Hubble Creek. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hubble Creek (Castor River Diversion Channel tributary)
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 58 ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ Cochran, K.J.H. (Sep 28, 1989). "Hubble Creek played an important role as early landmark of Jackson". The Southeast Missourian. pp. 7B. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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