Minor Creek (Missouri)

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Minor Creek
Minor Creek (Missouri)
Location
Country United States
State Missouri
Region Iron County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • location Iron County, Missouri
 • coordinates 37°34′05″N90°41′37″W / 37.56806°N 90.69361°W / 37.56806; -90.69361
Mouth  
 • location
 Iron County, Missouri
 • coordinates
 37°32′03″N90°40′55″W / 37.53417°N 90.68194°W / 37.53417; -90.68194
 • elevation
295 m (968 ft)
[1]

Minor Creek is a stream in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Big Creek. Routes 72 and 21 pass through the lower stream valley southwest of Ironton. Minor Creek meets with Claybaugh Creek at the headwaters of Royal Gorge and flows through the Gorge to a confluence with Big Creek. [2]

Minor Creek has the name of the local Minor family. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Minor Creek (Missouri)
  2. ↑ Ironton, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
  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)


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