Trent Creek

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Trent Creek is a stream in Barry and McDonald counties the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. [1]

The headwaters are in Barry County at 36°35′34″N94°00′11″W / 36.59278°N 94.00306°W / 36.59278; -94.00306 and the confluence with Big Sugar Creek is in McDonald County at 36°35′02″N94°08′26″W / 36.58389°N 94.14056°W / 36.58389; -94.14056 . [1] The source of Trent Creek is just to the south of Missouri Route UU northwest of Washburn. It flows to the southwest through the Flag Spring Conservation Area. It passes into McDonald County and under Missouri Route 90 then turns west and flows past Cove paralleling Route 90. About two miles west of Cove it again passes under Route 90 an enters Big Sugar Creek. [2]

Trent Creek has the name of the local Trent family. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Trent Creek
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 60-61, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. "Barry County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)