Yadkin Creek

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Yadkin Creek
Yadkin Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCrawford County, Missouri
 • coordinates 37°53′40″N91°22′26″W / 37.89444°N 91.37389°W / 37.89444; -91.37389
Mouth Whittenburg Creek
 • location
east of Steelville, Missouri
 • coordinates
 37°58′25″N91°20′27″W / 37.97361°N 91.34083°W / 37.97361; -91.34083

Yadkin Creek is a stream in Crawford County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The stream headwaters are at 37°53′40″N91°22′26″W / 37.89444°N 91.37389°W / 37.89444; -91.37389 [1] and its confluence with Whittenburg Creek just east of Steelville is at 37°58′25″N91°20′27″W / 37.97361°N 91.34083°W / 37.97361; -91.34083 . [2]

The name may be a transfer from the Yadkin River in North Carolina. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yadkin Creek
  2. ↑ Steelville, Missouri, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1933
  3. ↑ "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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