Greasy Creek (McKenzie Creek tributary)

Coordinates: 37°11′19″N 90°41′50″W / 37.18861°N 90.69722°W / 37.18861; -90.69722
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Greasy Creek is a stream in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of McKenzie Creek.

The stream headwaters arise at 37°13′46″N 90°41′08″W / 37.22944°N 90.68556°W / 37.22944; -90.68556and the stream flows generally south to its confluence with McKenzie Creek at 37°11′19″N 90°41′50″W / 37.18861°N 90.69722°W / 37.18861; -90.69722 at an elevation of 607 feet (185 m).[1] The stream mouth is about two miles north of Piedmont. An area in the upper reaches of the stream is impounded as Dover Lake.[2]

Greasy Creek most likely was so named on account of the often muddy character of its water.[3]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greasy Creek (McKenzie Creek tributary)
  2. ^ Piedmont, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
  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.