Starks Creek is a stream in Hickory County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Little Niangua River. [2]
A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. The stream encompasses surface and groundwater fluxes that respond to geological, geomorphological, hydrological and biotic controls.
Hickory County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,627. Its county seat is Hermitage. The county was organized February 14, 1845, and named after President Andrew Jackson, whose nickname was "Old Hickory." The Pomme de Terre Dam, a Corps of Engineers facility, is located three miles south of Hermitage and forms Lake Pomme de Terre by damming the Pomme de Terre River and Lindley Creek. The county is also home to Lucas Oil Speedway at Wheatland that includes a major circle dirt racing track, an off-road racing track as well as a large man-made water drag racing facility. Truman Reservoir, also a Corps of Engineers facility, floods the Pomme de Terre Reservoir from the northern border of the county southward to the city limits of Hermitage.
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders.
The stream headwaters arise in southeastern Hickory County southeast of Preston. The stream initially flows west then turns north just east of US Route 65. It crosses under US Route 54 just under one mile east of Preston then flows north-northeast passing under Missouri Route P just west of Jordan. To the north of Jordan the stream turns sharply to the southeast to enter the Little Niangua about one mile east of Jordan. [3]
Preston is a village in Hickory County, Missouri, United States. The population was 223 at the 2010 census.
Jordan is an unincorporated community in Hickory County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Source: 37°55′13″N93°10′40″W / 37.92028°N 93.17778°W ; Confluence: 38°01′22″N93°05′24″W / 38.02278°N 93.09000°W Coordinates: 38°01′22″N93°05′24″W / 38.02278°N 93.09000°W [1]
A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.
Starks Creek has the name of John Stark, a pioneer citizen. [4]
