Mayfield Creek

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Mayfield Creek is a stream in Bollinger County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The stream is a tributary to the Little Whitewater Creek. [2] The community of Mayfield, Missouri lies approximately one mile to the northwest of the confluence on another small tributary to the Little Whitewater. [2]

Mayfield Creek bears the name of a local family of settlers; this family is also the namesake of Mayfield, Kentucky. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mayfield Creek
  2. 1 2 Scopus, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980 (1983 rev.)
  3. "Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

Coordinates: 37°26′42″N89°55′38″W / 37.4450547°N 89.9273255°W / 37.4450547; -89.9273255