Camp Creek (Wolf Creek)

Camp Creek is a stream in St. Francis county in southeast Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Wolf Creek.

The stream headwaters are just east of the community of Ogborn at 37°50′12″N 90°25′33″W / 37.83667°N 90.42583°W / 37.83667; -90.42583 and it flows southeast passing under Missouri Route EE northeast of Farmington to its confluence with Taylor Branch just north of Missouri Route 32 at 37°47′32″N 90°22′18″W / 37.79222°N 90.37167°W / 37.79222; -90.37167Coordinates: 37°47′32″N 90°22′18″W / 37.79222°N 90.37167°W / 37.79222; -90.37167. Wolf Creek begins at the confluence of Camp Creek and Taylor Branch.[2][3][1]

Camp Creek, historically known as "Camp Branch", most likely was so named on account of a campground near its course.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Camp Creek (Wolf Creek)
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 49 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ Sprott, Missouri, and Farmington, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1964
  4. ↑ "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.
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