Palmer Creek (Missouri River tributary)

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Palmer Creek is a stream in Chariton County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Missouri River.

The stream headwaters arise at 39°31′54″N93°02′27″W / 39.53167°N 93.04083°W / 39.53167; -93.04083 [1] and it flows generally south passing the community of Indian Grove. [2] It continues to the south entering the Missouri River floodplain passing under US Route 24 approximately midway between Brunswick and Keytesville. The stream passes through the Cut-Off Lake and enters the Missouri just west of the Chariton River confluence [3] at 39°18′59″N92°58′06″W / 39.31639°N 92.96833°W / 39.31639; -92.96833 Coordinates: 39°18′59″N92°58′06″W / 39.31639°N 92.96833°W / 39.31639; -92.96833 . [1]

Palmer Creek was named after Maillard Palmer, the first state representative from Chariton County. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palmer Creek (Missouri River tributary)
  2. Indian Grove, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1948 (1979 rev.)
  3. Cambridge, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1956 (1979 rev.)
  4. Chariton County Place Names, 1928-1945; The State Historical Society of Missouri