Pigeon Creek (Current River tributary)

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Pigeon Creek is a stream in Texas and Dent counties of southern Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Current River.

The stream headwaters arise in Texas County adjacent to Missouri Route C approximately three miles northeast of Licking [2] at 37°31′38″N91°49′42″W / 37.52722°N 91.82833°W / 37.52722; -91.82833 [1] and an elevation of approximately 1300 feet. It flows generally east to southeast to its confluence with the Current at Montauk Spring in Montauk State Park at 37°27′36″N91°41′00″W / 37.46000°N 91.68333°W / 37.46000; -91.68333 at an elevation of 935 feet. [1] [3]

The stream was named for the common occurrence of pigeons along the stream. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pigeon Creek (Current River tributary)
  2. Maples, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1980 rev.)
  3. Montauk, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGDS, 1951 (1985 rev.)
  4. "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.