Whetstone Creek (Gasconade River tributary)

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Whetstone Creek
Whetstone Creek (Gasconade River tributary)
Location
Country United States
State Missouri
Region Wright County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates 37°06′04″N92°16′21″W / 37.10111°N 92.27250°W / 37.10111; -92.27250
Mouth  
 • coordinates
 37°18′42″N92°23′30″W / 37.31167°N 92.39167°W / 37.31167; -92.39167
 • elevation
1,066 ft (325 m)
[1]

Whetstone Creek is a north flowing stream in Wright County, Missouri, United States, that is a tributary of the Gasconade River. [1]

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Description

The stream's headwaters are just south of Mountain Grove and cross under U. S. Route 60 just west of that city. The stream meanders north crossing under Route N and continuing roughly parallel with Route E past Owens and under Missouri Route 38 east of Rayborn to its confluence with the Gasconade River. [2]

Whetstone Creek was named for the fact whetstones were sourced from its banks. [3]

See also


References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whetstone Creek
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53, 63 and 64, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Wright County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.


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