Crooked Creek (Bear Creek tributary)

Coordinates: 39°41′02″N 91°26′41″W / 39.68389°N 91.44472°W / 39.68389; -91.44472
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Crooked Creek is a stream in Ralls County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Bear Creek.[2]

The stream headwaters arise east of Missouri Route HH at 39°40′00″N 91°28′59″W / 39.66667°N 91.48306°W / 39.66667; -91.48306[1] at an elevation of approximately 735 feet. The stream flows east crossing under Route HH and then turns to the north again passing under Route HH. It continues to the north-northeast to its confluence with Bear Creek less than 500 feet south of the Ralls-Marion county line[2] at 39°41′02″N 91°26′41″W / 39.68389°N 91.44472°W / 39.68389; -91.44472 and an elevation of 551 feet.[1]

Crooked Creek was so named on account of frequent meanders on its course.[3]

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crooked Creek (Bear Creek tributary)
  2. ^ a b Hannibal West, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1971
  3. ^ "Ralls County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.