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 . [1]

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

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". Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
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