Marble Creek (St. Francis River tributary)

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Marble Creek
Marble Creek (St. Francis River tributary)
Location
Country United States
State Missouri
Counties Iron and Madison
Physical characteristics
Mouth St. Francis River
  location
Just east of French Mills, Madison County
  coordinates
37°26′55″N90°28′42″W / 37.44861°N 90.47833°W / 37.44861; -90.47833

Marble Creek is a stream in Iron and Madison Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the St. Francis River.

The stream headwaters arise in Iron County southwest of Arcadia at 37°32′49″N90°39′43″W / 37.54694°N 90.66194°W / 37.54694; -90.66194 and it flows southeast and then east to its confluence with the St. Francis in Madison County just east of French Mills at 37°26′55″N90°28′42″W / 37.44861°N 90.47833°W / 37.44861; -90.47833 . [1] [2]

Marble Creek was so named because the limestone in the stream bed had the appearance of marble. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marble Creek (St. Francis River tributary)
  2. Des Arc NE, 1969 and Rock Pile Mountain, Missouri. 1980, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS
  3. "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)