Mud Creek (St. Francois County, Missouri)

Mud Creek is a stream in St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

Mud Creek merges with Middlebrook Creek to form the headwaters of Indian Creek.[2] The confluence is just south of the Iron Mountain Lake community and reservoir.

Mud Creek was so named on account of the muddy character of its water.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mud Creek (St. Francois County, Missouri)
  2. ^ Iron Mountain Lake, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (1983 rev.)
  3. ^ "St. Francois County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.

37°40′46″N 90°37′02″W / 37.67944°N 90.61722°W / 37.67944; -90.61722

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