Blue Spring Creek

Blue Spring Creek is a stream in eastern Morgan County and western Miller County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Little Gravois Creek.[1]

The stream headwaters arise about seven miles southwest of Eldon near Rocky Mount on Missouri Route Y at 38°17′17″N 92°41′55″W / 38.28806°N 92.69861°W / 38.28806; -92.69861 and it flows generally southeast to its confluence with Little Gravois at 38°15′15″N 92°38′56″W / 38.25417°N 92.64889°W / 38.25417; -92.64889Coordinates: 38°15′15″N 92°38′56″W / 38.25417°N 92.64889°W / 38.25417; -92.64889 about three miles northwest of the community of Bagnell.[1] Springs including Blue Spring occur about midway along the stream course near the Missouri Route Z crossing.[2]

Blue Spring Creek is fed by a spring characterized by its blue water, hence the name.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Spring Creek
  2. Rocky Mount, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
  3. "Miller County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.


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