Line Creek (Missouri)

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Line Creek is a stream in Platte County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Missouri River.

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Line Creek was named for the fact its course flows parallel to the Clay—Platte county line. [2]

Course

The stream headwaters in the Barry Harbour, Kansas City neighborhood, and flows southward through Kansas City, Northmoor, and Riverside before depositing in the Missouri River. [3] The reservoirs of Lake Waukomis, and Houston Lake both join this stream. Argosy Casino Riverside is situated on the west side of the stream's confluence with the Missouri River.

Tributaries

There are four named tributaries of Line Creek: East Fork, Old Maids Creek, East Creek, and Jumping Branch

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Line Creek (Missouri)
  2. ↑ "Platte County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ Hutawa, Edward. "Map of that part of the State of Missouri which lies on the left bank of the Missouri river and West of the former boundary of the State, called Platte Country, 1842". Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Retrieved September 4, 2025.

39°09′37″N94°37′03″W / 39.1602813°N 94.6174566°W / 39.1602813; -94.6174566

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