Parks Creek

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Parks Creek
Stream
Country United States
State Missouri
Region Wright and Laclede counties
Source
 - coordinates 37°19′23″N92°36′39″W / 37.32306°N 92.61083°W / 37.32306; -92.61083
Mouth
 - elevation1,076 ft (328 m)
 - coordinates 37°30′13″N92°37′27″W / 37.50361°N 92.62417°W / 37.50361; -92.62417
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Parks Creek is a stream in Wright and Laclede counties in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Osage Fork Gasconade River.

Stream A body of surface water flowing down a channel

A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. The stream encompasses surface and groundwater fluxes that respond to geological, geomorphological, hydrological and biotic controls.

Wright County, Missouri County in the United States

Wright County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,815. Its county seat is Hartville. The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and is named after Silas Wright, a former Congressman, U.S. Senator and Governor of New York.

Laclede County, Missouri County in the United States

Laclede County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,571. Its county seat is Lebanon. The county was organized February 24, 1849, and was named after Pierre Laclède, founder of St. Louis.

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Parks Creek begins at the confluence of two valleys south of Grovespring and just west of Missouri Route 5. The stream flows essentially due north parallel to Route 5 and joins the Osage Fork in southern Laclede County just northeast of Pease and the Missouri Route J bridge. In northernmost Wright County the stream flows through the Dr John Alva Fuson Conservation Area. Parks Creek Road follows the stream from Grovespring north to Route J. [2]

Grovespring, Missouri unincorporated community in Missouri

Grovespring is an unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Route 5, approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Lebanon, Missouri in neighbouring Laclede County.

Missouri Route 5 highway in Missouri

Missouri Route 5 is the longest state highway in Missouri and the only Missouri state highway to traverse the entire state. It is part of a three state, 650 mile highway 5. To the north, it continues into Iowa as Iowa Highway 5 and to the south it enters Arkansas as Highway 5. With only a few exceptions, it is two-lane for its entire length. Business Route 5 serves Milan and Ava.

Pease is an unincorporated community in Laclede County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. Pease is located along the Osage Fork Gasconade River, just upstream of the Missouri Route J crossing and the confluence of Parks Creek with the Osage Fork.

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

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Parks Creek
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Laclede County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
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