Lake Creek, Missouri

Lake Creek, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Lake Creek
Lake Creek
Coordinates: 38°30′41″N 93°08′01″W / 38.51139°N 93.13361°W / 38.51139; -93.13361Coordinates: 38°30′41″N 93°08′01″W / 38.51139°N 93.13361°W / 38.51139; -93.13361
Country United States
State Missouri
County Benton
Elevation 974 ft (297 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 660
GNIS feature ID 729760[1]

Lake Creek is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Missouri, United States. Lake Creek is located along Supplemental Route JJ 5.2 miles (8.4 km) northeast of Cole Camp.[2]

Lake Creek takes its name from a stream which once had sloughs and small lakes along it.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Lake Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Benton County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 2005. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  3. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named (in public domain). The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 210.


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