Buck Creek (Cuivre River tributary)
Buck Creek is a stream in Lincoln County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the North Fork of the Cuivre River.
The stream headwaters arise one mile east of the community of Corso at 39°07′49″N 91°09′35″W / 39.13028°N 91.15972°W[1] at an elevation of approximately 675 feet.[2] The stream flows north and east to its confluence approximately three miles northwest of the community of Silex[3] at 39°08′48″N 91°06′54″W / 39.14667°N 91.11500°W and an elevation of 509 feet.[1]
Buck Creek may be named for the bucks (male deer) observed along its course.[4]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buck Creek (Cuivre River tributary)
- ^ Louisville, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1975
- ^ Eolia, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1975 (1985 rev.)
- ^ "Lincoln County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
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