Rock Creek (upper Missouri River tributary)

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Rock Creek is a stream in Fremont County, Iowa and Atchison County, Missouri in the United States. [1] It is a tributary of the Missouri River and is 31.5 miles long, with 7 miles of its length being in Iowa and the rest in Missouri. [2]

Rock Creek was named for the rocky character of its creek bed. [3] It is the namesake for the town of Rock Port, Missouri.

There are three named tributaries of the Rock River, all of which in Atchison County, Turkey Creek, Volger Branch, Boney Branch

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rock Creek (upper Missouri River tributary)
  2. ↑ https://geography.brucemyers.com/river/11380
  3. ↑ "Atchison County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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