Prairie Creek (also called Prairie Valley Creek) is a stream in Crawford County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Brush Creek.
The stream headwaters arise at 38°04′49″N 91°22′31″W / 38.08028°N 91.37528°W[1] approximately one mile northeast of Cuba and just south of US Route 44.[2] The stream flows under Route 44 and continues to the north-northeast roughly paralleling Missouri Route 19 for about five miles. It then crosses under Route 19 to its confluence with Brush Creek[3] at 38°08′49″N 91°26′02″W / 38.14694°N 91.43389°W.[1]
Prairie Creek was descriptively named.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prairie Creek (Brush Creek tributary)
- ^ Cuba, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1948 (1980 rev)
- ^ Oak Hill. MO,7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1948 (1980 rev)
- ^ "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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