Spring Creek is a
stream
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in
Stoddard County in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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. It is a tributary of
Lick Creek.
[''Dudley, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1962 (1977 rev.)]
The stream headwaters arise in the relatively high extension of
Crowley's Ridge
Crowley's Ridge (also Crowleys Ridge) is a geological formation that rises 250 to above the alluvial plain of the Mississippi embayment in a line from southeastern Missouri to the Mississippi River near Helena, Arkansas. It is the most p ...
area approximately one mile north of
US Route 60
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The highway's eastern terminus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where it is known as General Booth Bouleva ...
and the city of
Dexter
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.
[
Spring Creek was named for the fact it was fed by springs on its upper course.]
See also
*List of rivers of Missouri
List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. state).
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Mississippi River
Arkansas River
*Mississippi River
**Arkansas River (AR ...
References
Rivers of Stoddard County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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