Bear Creek (Osage River tributary)

Bear Creek is a stream in Miller County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Osage River.

The stream headwaters arise on the north side of a ridge about two miles north of Brumley (at 38°07′10″N 92°29′20″W[1]) at an elevation of about 840 ft (260 m).[2] The stream flows northwest to north passing the old community of Blackmer to its confluence with the Osage adjacent to Wolf Creek (at 38°11′33″N 92°30′58″W) at an elevation of 554 ft (169 m).[1][3]

Bear Creek was so named due to frequent sightings of bears near its course.[4]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bear Creek (Osage River tributary)
  2. Brumley, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1987
  3. Bagnell, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
  4. "Miller County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.



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