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Ava is the only incorporated city in Douglas County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,894 at the 2020 census. Ava is the county seat of Douglas County. The city was founded in 1871. It was renamed Ava in 1881, the town's original name having been "Militia Springs."
Prairie Creek may refer to:
Arno is an unincorporated community in western Douglas County, Missouri, United States. Arno is located just east of the confluence of Beaver and Cowskin creeks, approximately five miles west of Ava.
Locust Creek is a stream in Wayne County, Iowa and Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Putnam and Sullivan counties in Missouri. It is a tributary of the Grand River.
Bryant Creek is a stream in the Ozarks of Missouri. Bryant Creek has headwaters just west of Lead Hill and southeast Cedar Gap in southwestern Wright County and flows in a southeasterly direction through Douglas County east of Ava and joins the North Fork River in Ozark County just north of Tecumseh and within the waters of Norfork Lake. Tributaries include Bill Macks Creek, Hunter Creek, Rippee Creek, Fox Creek, Brush Creek, Spring Creek and Pine Creek.
Casto Creek is a stream in northwest Douglas County, Missouri. The headwaters of Casto Creek are north of Ava within one half mile of the Douglas - Wright county line. The stream flows south roughly paralleling Missouri Route B then turns to the southwest west of the community of Mount Zion. The stream continues to the southwest meeting its confluence with Cowskin Creek just north of Missouri Route 14 about three miles west of Ava.
Clever Creek is a stream in north central Douglas County the Ozarks of southern Missouri. It is a tributary to Fox Creek. From its source southeast of Tick Ridge, Clever Creek flows southwest to south and passes under Missouri Route 76 at Coldspring. From there the stream flows south to southeast to its confluence with Fox Creek just northeast of Champion.
Cowskin Creek is a stream in northwest Douglas and extreme southeastern Webster counties of Missouri. Cowskin has its headwaters in southeast Webster County west of Cedar Gap and is a tributary to Beaver Creek which it joins just west of the Arno store. The stream is bridged by Missouri Route 14 just east of the junction with Missouri Route K.
Hunter Creek is a stream in Douglas County, Missouri. It is a tributary of Bryant Creek. Hunter Creek headwaters arise north of Ava along the south of a ridge and Missouri Route 76. The stream flows southeast along State Route FF and is further fed by Turkey Creek from the north, Wildcat Creek from the southwest and the springwaters of the rainbow trout hatchery at Crystal Springs. The stream flows on to the east gaining the tributaries of Whites Creek and Dicky Creek before joining Bryant Creek at Vera Cruz. The community of Larissa was located along Hunter Creek near Crystal Springs.
Whites Creek is an Ozark stream in Douglas County, Missouri. It is a tributary of Hunter Creek.
Noblett Creek is a stream in Douglas and Howell counties in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.
Patterson Creek is a stream in McDonald County, Missouri and Delaware County, Oklahoma in the United States. It is a tributary of Buffalo Creek in eastern Oklahoma.
Beaver Creek is a stream in western Douglas and eastern Taney counties of Missouri. It is a tributary to the White River of northern Arkansas.
Doe Run Creek is a stream in St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the St. Francis River.
Swan Creek is a stream in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of the White River downstream from the Lake Taneycomo dam.
Little Creek is a stream in Wright, Texas and Douglas counties of Missouri. It is a tributary of the North Fork River.
Little Beaver Creek is a stream in Douglas, Christian and Taney counties of southern Missouri.
Honey Creek is a stream in Douglas County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of Beaver Creek.
Spring Creek is a stream in Douglas and Howell counties in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.
Clear Creek is a stream in Barry, Lawrence and Newton counties in southwest Missouri. It is a tributary to Shoal Creek.
References
- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prairie Creek (Cowskin Creek tributary)
- ↑ Ava Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
- ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ↑ "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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