Twelvemile Creek is a stream in Madison County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of St. Francis River.
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.
Madison County is a county located in the Lead Belt region of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,226. Its county seat and largest city is Fredericktown. The county was officially organized on December 14, 1818, and was named after President James Madison.
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The stream headwaters arise on the east flank of Matthews Mountain at 37°29′23″N90°20′07″W / 37.48972°N 90.33528°W and it flows southeast and then south to parallel US Route 67 past the communities of Zion and Twelvemile. Just south of that community the stream turns to the west and flows past the community of Saco to its confluence with the St. Francis at 37°22′20″N90°27′23″W / 37.37222°N 90.45639°W Coordinates: 37°22′20″N90°27′23″W / 37.37222°N 90.45639°W . [1] [2]
Zion is an unincorporated community in Central Township in southern Madison County, Missouri, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 67 about ten miles south of Fredericktown. The community is on the banks of Twelve Mile Creek.
Twelvemile is an unincorporated community in Madison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Saco is an unincorporated community in southern Madison County, Missouri, United States. The community is on Twelvemile Creek and sixteen miles southwest of Fredericktown on Missouri Route C.
Part of the course of Twelvemile Creek adjacent to the community of Twelvemile lies 12 miles (19 km) south of Fredericktown, hence the name. [3]
Fredericktown is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Missouri, United States, in the northeastern foothills of the St. Francois Mountains. The population was 3,985 at the 2010 census. The city is surrounded on three sides by the easternmost parcel of the Mark Twain National Forest.
