Indian Creek (Meramec River)

Indian Creek
Creek
Country United States
State Missouri
Region Franklin and Washington counties
Source
 - location Washington County, Missouri
 - coordinates 37°59′28″N 90°58′44″W / 37.99111°N 90.97889°W / 37.99111; -90.97889
Mouth
 - location Franklin County, Missouri
 - elevation 156 m (512 ft)
 - coordinates 38°16′29″N 90°56′22″W / 38.27472°N 90.93944°W / 38.27472; -90.93944Coordinates: 38°16′29″N 90°56′22″W / 38.27472°N 90.93944°W / 38.27472; -90.93944
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Indian Creek is a stream in Franklin and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Meramec River.

The stream headwaters are in Washington County on the north flank of Little Pilot Knob northwest of Potosi and it meanders north passing under Missouri Route 185 and past Pea Ridge. It passes under Missouri Route A and enters Franklin County passing west of the Indian Creek Conservation Area to its confluence with the Meramec southeast of St. Clair near the community of Piney Park.[2]

Indian Creek most likely was so named on account of Osage Indian settlement along its course.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Indian Creek (Meramec River)
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 48 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
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