Clates Creek is a stream in Franklin County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Bourbeuse River.[2]

The stream headwaters arise at 38°21′26″N 91°18′12″W / 38.35722°N 91.30333°W / 38.35722; -91.30333 and it flows to the south-southwest to its confluence with the Bourbeuse is at 38°19′09″N 91°19′43″W / 38.31917°N 91.32861°W / 38.31917; -91.32861.[2]

Clates Creek has the name of a pioneer citizen.[3]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clates Creek
  2. ^ a b Strain, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966 (1980 rev.)
  3. ^ "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)