Mossy Creek (Missouri)

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Mossy Creek is a stream in Benton County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary to the Osage River within the Lake of the Ozarks.

The stream headwaters arise just east of Missouri Route M at 38°12′58″N93°13′02″W / 38.21611°N 93.21722°W / 38.21611; -93.21722 and about two miles west-northwest of the community of Hastain. The stream flows north then east paralleling Route M to its confluence with the Osage south of Lakeview Heights at 38°15′04″N93°09′51″W / 38.25111°N 93.16417°W / 38.25111; -93.16417 Coordinates: 38°15′04″N93°09′51″W / 38.25111°N 93.16417°W / 38.25111; -93.16417 . [1] [2]

Mossy Creek was so named on account of wetlands along its course. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mossy Creek (Missouri)
  2. ↑ Edwards, Missouri (1983) and Lakeview Heights, Missouri 1983; 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, United States Geologic Survey
  3. ↑ "Benton 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)



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