Hughes Creek (Apple Creek tributary)

Hughes Creek is a stream in Cape Girardeau County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Apple Creek.[2]

The stream headwaters arise just west of Oak Ridge (at 37°29′59″N 89°43′58″W) and the stream flows to the northeast passing under I-55 and U.S. Route 61 to its confluence with Apple Creek about two miles southeast of Old Appleton at 37°35′04″N 89°40′39″W.[1][2]

Hughes Creek has the name of a pioneer citizen.[3]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hughes Creek (Apple Creek tributary)
  2. Oak Ridge, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1947 (1978 rev.)
  3. "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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