Spring Creek is a stream in
Putnam Putnam may refer to:
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* Putnam (surname)
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* Putnam, Ontario, community in Thames Centre
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* Putnam, Alabama
* Putnam, Connecticut, a New England town
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,
Sullivan
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and
Adair counties of northern
Missouri
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It is a tributary of the
Chariton River
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.
The stream
headwaters
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arise in southern Putnam County approximately one mile east of the community of
Lemmons
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just north of
Missouri Route B
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[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 16, 17 and 23 ] at .
[ The stream flows south into northern Sullivan County approximately 3.5 miles northeast of ]Pollock
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and continues to the southeast passing under Missouri Route 129
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south of Pennville and passes through the Union Ridge Conservation Area and into Adair County. It flows past the community of Stahl {{Wiktionary, Stahl, stahl
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and flows parallel to the south side of Missouri Route O
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past the community of Danforth Danforth may refer to:
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. The stream passes under Missouri Route 6
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one half mile west of Novinger to its confluence with the Chariton River[ at .][ The confluence is six miles west of the city of Kirksville.][
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References
Rivers of Adair County, Missouri
Rivers of Putnam County, Missouri
Rivers of Sullivan County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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