Goose Creek (Bear Creek)

Goose Creek is a stream in northeastern Wayne County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Bear Creek.

The stream headwaters arise just north of the Mark Twain National Forest south of the community of Burbank (at 37°08′03″N 90°22′08″W / 37.13417°N 90.36889°W / 37.13417; -90.36889) and it flows northeast to east roughly parallel to Missouri Route E. The stream confluence with Bear Creek is about 1.5 miles south of the community of Hiram and two miles west of the community of Lowndes. The confluence is at 37°09′15″N 90°18′17″W / 37.15417°N 90.30472°W / 37.15417; -90.30472.[1][2]

Goose Creek was so named on account of wild geese near its course.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goose Creek (Bear Creek)
  2. ↑ Lowndes, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1965 (1985 rev.)
  3. ↑ "Wayne County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.

Coordinates: 37°09′15″N 90°18′17″W / 37.1542186°N 90.3048323°W / 37.1542186; -90.3048323


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