Pigeon_Creek_(Current_River_tributary)

Pigeon Creek (Current River tributary)

Pigeon Creek (Current River tributary)

Stream in the U.S. state of Missouri

Pigeon Creek is a stream in Texas and Dent counties of southern Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Current River.

The stream headwaters arise in Texas County adjacent to Missouri Route C approximately three miles northeast of Licking[2] at 37°31′38″N 91°49′42″W[1] and an elevation of approximately 1300 feet. It flows generally east to southeast to its confluence with the Current at Montauk Spring in Montauk State Park at 37°27′36″N 91°41′00″W at an elevation of 935 feet.[1][3]

The stream was named for the common occurrence of pigeons along the stream.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pigeon Creek (Current River tributary)
  2. [2]
    Maples, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1980 rev.)
  3. [3]
    Montauk, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGDS, 1951 (1985 rev.)
  4. [4]
    "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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