Soap Creek (Missouri)

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Soap Creek is a stream in Morgan County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary to the Lake of the Ozarks.

The stream headwaters arise at 38°16′09″N92°54′09″W / 38.26917°N 92.90250°W / 38.26917; -92.90250 and it flows generally east to its confluence with the waters of Lake of the Ozarks at 38°16′26″N92°48′44″W / 38.27389°N 92.81222°W / 38.27389; -92.81222 . [1] The source area lies just east of Missouri Route 135 and it passes under Missouri Route 5 approximately three miles south of Gravois Mills, Missouri just before entering the Lake. [2] Prior to flooding of the lake the stream entered Gravois Creek about 2.5 miles further east. [3]

Soap Creek was so named on account of deposits of soapstone in the area. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Soap Creek (Missouri)
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 44-5, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ Gravois Mills, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1959 (1981 rev.)
  4. ↑ "Morgan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.



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