Allie Creek

Allie Creek is a stream in northeastern Bollinger and northwestern Cape Girardeau counties of southeast Missouri.[1]

The stream headwaters are in Bollinger County north of Lixville at 37°35′23″N 89°54′56″W and the stream flows east to its confluence with the South Fork Apple Creek in the northwest corner of Cape Girardeau County at 37°35′33″N 89°51′09″W north of Hilderbrand.[1][2]

Allie Creek most likely has the name of the female relative of a pioneer settler.[3]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Allie Creek
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 58 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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