Huzzah Creek (St. Francis River tributary)

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Huzzah Creek is a stream in southern Madison County the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the St. Francis River. [2]

The stream headwaters arise just south of Missouri Route N and one mile west of US Route 67 at an elevation of about 730 feet. The stream flows southwest then west for a distance of about two miles with the final half mile passing through Huzzah Canyon. The confluence with the St. Francis is about one mile north of the Madison-Wayne county line. [2] The confluence is at an elevation of 436 feet. [1] Nearby communities include Coldwater about 2.5 miles southeast of the confluence in Wayne County, Saco 2.5 miles north and Beulah three miles to the west. [3]

The source is at 37°20′09″N90°24′32″W / 37.33583°N 90.40889°W / 37.33583; -90.40889 and the confluence is at 37°19′41″N90°26′38″W / 37.32806°N 90.44389°W / 37.32806; -90.44389 . [1]

Huzzah is a variant name of the Osage Indians. [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Huzzah Creek (St. Francis River tributary)
  2. 1 2 Coldwater, Missouri. 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
  3. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 57, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  4. ↑ "Madison County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
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