Stouts Creek

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Stouts Creek
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Stouts Creek east of Arcadia, January 2017
Stouts Creek
Location
Country United States
State Missouri
Counties Iron and Madison
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • location Iron County, Missouri
 • coordinates 37°34′41″N90°44′05″W / 37.57806°N 90.73472°W / 37.57806; -90.73472
 • elevationApproximately 410 m (1,350 ft) [1]
Mouth St. Francis River
 • location
 Madison County, Missouri
 • coordinates
 37°35′31″N90°29′54″W / 37.59194°N 90.49833°W / 37.59194; -90.49833
 • elevation
208 m (682 ft)
[2]

Stouts Creek is a stream in Iron and Madison counties in Missouri, United States. [2]

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Description

The stream headwaters lie just northwest of Taum Sauk Mountain and it flows north then east to cross under Missouri Route 21 between Ironton and Arcadia. It continues east passing under Missouri Route 72 and past Lake Killarney. It flows into Madison County to its confluence with the St. Francis River east of Roselle. [3]

Stouts Creek has the name of Ephraim Stout, a pioneer citizen. [4]

See also


References

  1. ↑ Ironton, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stouts Creek
  3. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 56-57 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  4. ↑ "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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