Sink Creek

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Sink Creek is a stream in Nodaway County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Nodaway River and is 5.7 miles long. [2]

A variant name was "Sinking Creek". [1] The creek was so named because it is a losing stream along part of its course. [3] The stream begins about 3 miles northeast of Clearmont, travels southwesterly to a point about 2 miles northwest of Clearmont where is joins the Nodaway River.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sink Creek
  2. Horton, Rick (2022). Nodaway River Watershed and Inventory Assessment (PDF). Missouri Department of Conservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  3. "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.

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