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The Boston Mountains is a Level III ecoregion designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Part of the Ozarks, the Boston Mountains are a deeply dissected plateau. The ecoregion is steeper than the adjacent Springfield Plateau to the north, and bordered on the south by the Arkansas Valley. The Oklahoma portion of the range is locally referred to as the Cookson Hills. There are several theories of how the mountains were named, though apparently none are related to the Massachusetts city.
Powell Mountain is a mountain ridge of the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians of the Appalachian Mountains. It is a long and narrow ridge, running northeast to southwest, from about Norton, Virginia, to near Tazewell, Tennessee. It separates the Clinch River basin and the Powell River basin of Powell Valley. It was named for an 18th-century explorer.
Carrollton is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. Once designated the county seat, it had a population near the 10,000 mark in the 1850s. It has now 30 residents and a historically significant past.
Cabanal is a community in Carroll County in northwest Arkansas, United States. The community is located on Arkansas Highway 21, south of Berryville and north of Metalton. The site is along a north flowing tributary to Osage Creek below and west of Gage Mountain at an elevation of 1,306 ft (398 m).
The Kings River is a tributary of the White River. It rises in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas and flows northward for more than 90 miles into Table Rock Lake in Missouri. The Arkansas portion of the river is undammed and bordered by rural and forested land, the river is popular for paddling and sport fishing.
Gobbler is an unincorporated community in southern Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. The community is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 412 and Arkansas Highway 103, approximately ten miles south of Green Forest. The location is on a ridge between the headwaters of Piney Creek to the northwest and a small tributary to Osage Creek to the southeast at an elevation of 1,657 ft (505 m).
Butler Creek is a stream in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Missouri. It is a tributary of the White River.
Knobby Creek is a stream in Benton County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Osage River within the Lake of the Ozarks.
Turkey Creek is a stream in the Ozarks of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. It is a tributary of Lake Taneycomo. The stream source is two-thirds of a mile south of the Missouri - Arkansas border in Boone County north of the village of Crest. The Missouri Pacific Railroad line follows the stream course after exiting the Crest railroad tunnel under Arkansas State Route 14 at Crest. North of the state line in Taney County the stream flows north through west Hollister to its confluence with Lake Taneycomo south of Branson. The stream covers a linear distance of 86 mi (138 km) between the border and its confluence.
Crooked Creek is a stream in Newton, Boone and Marion counties of north Arkansas. It is a tributary of the White River.
Long Creek is a stream in western Boone and eastern Carroll counties of Northwest Arkansas. The stream is a tributary of the Table Rock Lake section of White River.
Clear Creek is a stream in Cedar, Barton, Vernon, and St. Clair counties of southwest Missouri. It is a tributary to the Osage River.
War Eagle Creek is a stream in Benton, Washington and Madison counties of northwest Arkansas, United States, that is a tributary of the White River.
Boston is an unincorporated community in the Boston Mountains of southeastern Madison County, Arkansas, United States. The community is located on Arkansas Highway 16 between Pettigrew to the southwest and Red Star to the northeast. The community is on a high ridge at an elevation of 2,329 feet (710 m). The location is at the headwaters of four streams: Kings River to the northeast, War Eagle Creek to the northwest, the White River to the east and southwest and Little Mulberry Creek to the southeast.
Piney Creek is a stream in southern Carroll County of the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is a tributary to the Kings River.
Keels Creek is a stream in Carroll County in the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is a tributary to the Kings River.
Osage Creek is a stream in Benton and Washington counties in northwest Arkansas. It is a tributary of the Illinois River.
Hurricane Creek is a tributary to the Big Piney Creek, a river in Ozark-St. Francis National Forest in the state of Arkansas, which is a tributary of the Arkansas River and which is, in turn, part of the Mississippi River System. It is managed by the United States Forest Service and categorized as one of the Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States.
Clear Creek is a stream in Barry, Lawrence and Newton counties in southwest Missouri. It is a tributary to Shoal Creek.
References
- 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Osage Creek (Kings River tributary)
- ↑ Ponca, Arkansas, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967 (1981 rev.)
- 1 2 Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2nd ed. 2004, pp. 23-24 ISBN 0899333451