Elk Creek, Missouri
Elk Creek, Missouri | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Elk Creek, Missouri Location within the state of Missouri | |
Coordinates: 37°11′20″N 91°59′50″W / 37.18889°N 91.99722°WCoordinates: 37°11′20″N 91°59′50″W / 37.18889°N 91.99722°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Missouri |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Elk Creek is an unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is about nine miles south of Houston.
A post office called Elk Creek has been in operation since 1860.[2] The community was so named on account of the elk once abundant in the area.[3]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk Creek, Missouri
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 368.
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