Limestone Creek (Turnback Creek tributary)

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Limestone Creek is a stream in Dade and Lawrence counties in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Turnback Creek.

The stream headwaters are at 37°14′50″N93°51′46″W / 37.24722°N 93.86278°W / 37.24722; -93.86278 in northern Lawrence County and the confluence with Turnback Creek is in Dade County at 37°23′23″N93°48′30″W / 37.38972°N 93.80833°W / 37.38972; -93.80833 Coordinates: 37°23′23″N93°48′30″W / 37.38972°N 93.80833°W / 37.38972; -93.80833 . [1] The stream source area is northwest of Miller and west of Missouri Route 39. The stream flows north to northeast crossing under Missouri Route Z west of Pennsboro and Route 39 south of South Greenfield. The stream turns to the east on the east side of South Greenfield to meet Turnback Creek along the BNSF Railroad line about two miles northeast of South Greenfield. [2]

Limestone Creek was named for the limestone bedrock along its course. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Limestone Creek (Turnback Creek tributary)
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 51 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Dade County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 17 November 2017.


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