Drunken Creek is a stream in eastern Bollinger County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Hog Creek.
The stream headwaters arise adjacent to Missouri Route B about three miles northeast of Marble Hill. The stream flows south to south-southeast and crosses under Missouri Route 34 east of Marble Hill then turns southeast passing under Route U to its confluence with Hog Creek about 1.5 miles north of Laflin.[2] The source area is at 37°20′42″N 89°55′50″W / 37.34500°N 89.93056°W and the confluence is at 37°18′00″N 89°53′08″W / 37.30000°N 89.88556°W.[1]
Drunken Creek most likely was so named on account of frequent flash flooding, although folk etymology maintains the creek was named for an incident when a man drowned in the creek while drunk.[3]
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edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Drunken Creek
- ^ Marble Hill, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
- ^ "Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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