Coon Creek (West Fork Cuivre River tributary)

Coon Creek is a stream in Audrain and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the West Fork Cuivre River.

The stream headwaters arise in southeastern Audrain County just north of Martinsburg at 39°06′25″N 91°38′37″W[1] at an elevation of approximately 805 feet.[2] The stream flows generally eastward into northwest Montgomery County crossing under Missouri Route 161 along the south edge of Middletown and enters the West Fork Cuivre River approximately two miles east of Middletown[3] at 39°07′11″N 91°22′41″W and an elevation of 630 feet.[1]

Coon Creek was so named on account of raccoons in the area.[4]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coon Creek (West Fork Cuivre River tributary)
  2. Martinburg, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1973 (1984 rev.)
  3. Wellsville, MO, and Buell, Mo, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1973
  4. "Montgomery County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.



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