Rocky Fork Creek

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Rocky Fork Creek is a stream in Boone County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary to Perche Creek. [2] Rocky Fork Creek was named for the limestone deposits near a fork in the watercourse. [3] The Rocky Fork Lakes Conservation Area is named after the stream.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rocky Fork Creek
  2. Huntsdale, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967 (1985 rev.)
  3. "Boone County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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