Sulphur Creek (Crane Pond Creek tributary)

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Sulphur Creek is a stream in eastern Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Crane Pond Creek.

The stream headwaters arise at 37°25′13″N90°38′40″W / 37.42028°N 90.64444°W / 37.42028; -90.64444 and the confluence with Crane Pond Creek is at 37°22′06″N90°34′58″W / 37.36833°N 90.58278°W / 37.36833; -90.58278 . [1] The source area is in Clark National Forest and the stream flows south and southeast out of the forest area. It passes under Missouri Route C before its confluence with Crane Pond Creek south of the community of Minimum. [2]

Sulphur Creek was so named due to the occurrence of iron ore along the stream which settlers mistook for sulphur. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulphur Creek (Crane Pond Creek tributary)
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "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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