Powers Creek

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Powers Creek is a stream in northeast Butler County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Black River.

The stream headwaters arise at and it flows to the southwest to its confluence with the Black River at southeast of Hendrickson and north of the community of Wilby after crossing under Missouri Route O and the Missouri Pacific Railway. [1] [2] [3]

Powers Creek was named after George Powers, an early settler. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Powers Creek
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p. 67 ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ Hendrickson, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966
  4. ↑ "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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