Lick Creek (North Fork River tributary)

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Lick Creek
Location
Country United States
State Missouri
Region Ozark County
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates 36°40′59″N92°26′38″W / 36.68306°N 92.44389°W / 36.68306; -92.44389
Mouth  
  coordinates
36°32′57″N92°16′53″W / 36.54917°N 92.28139°W / 36.54917; -92.28139
  elevation
548 ft (167 m)
[1]

Lick Creek is a stream in Ozark County, Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the North Fork River.

The headwaters of Lick Creek are within the Caney Mountain Conservation Area about five miles north of Gainesville. The stream flows south paralleling Missouri Route 5 north of Gainesville and passing under U. S. Route 160 in south Gainesville. The stream flows south and then east to enter Norfork Lake across the lake from Udall. [2]

Lick Creek was so named on account of mineral licks near its course. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Creek (North Fork River tributary)
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. "Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.