Whites_Creek_(Hunter_Creek)

Whites Creek (Hunter Creek tributary)

Whites Creek (Hunter Creek tributary)

Stream in Missouri

Whites Creek is an Ozark stream in Douglas County, Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Hunter Creek.

Quick Facts Location, Country ...

The headwaters are at an elevation of about 1,250 feet[2] and the mouth is at an elevation of 863 feet.[1]

Whites Creek begins as a south flowing stream on the south side of Table Rock Knob just southeast of Ava and flows south for a short distance before turning east. The stream runs parallel to Missouri Route 14 and is bridged where the road turns south. Hoffmeister Spring emerges from a bluff along the north side of the stream a few hundred yards east of the bridge at 36°54′51″N 92°33′12″W and an elevation of 892 feet.[3][4]

Whites Creek has the name of a pioneer citizen with the surname White.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whites Creek (Hunter Creek tributary)
  2. [2]
    Ava, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
  3. [3]
    GNIS for Hoffmeister Spring
  4. [4]
    Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  5. [5]
    "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 28 September 2016.



Stub icon

This article related to a river in Missouri is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Whites_Creek_(Hunter_Creek), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.