Voss Creek

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Voss Creek is a stream in Franklin County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Bourbeuse River.

The headwaters rise just east of Missouri Route EE (at 38°23′07″N91°07′39″W / 38.38528°N 91.12750°W / 38.38528; -91.12750 [1] ) and it flows to the east-southeast passing south of the community of Neier to its confluence with the Bourbeuse about 3 miles (5 km) east of its source (at 38°22′43″N91°04′26″W / 38.37861°N 91.07389°W / 38.37861; -91.07389 [1] ). The confluence with the Bourbeuse is about 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Union and 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of St. Clair. [2]

Voss Creek most likely was named after Dietrich Voss, the proprietor of a local mill. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Voss Creek
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, pp. 40 & 48, ISBN   0-89933-353-2
  3. ↑ "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

38°22′43″N91°04′26″W / 38.378662°N 91.073755°W / 38.378662; -91.073755



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