Jones Creek (Center Creek tributary)

Jones Creek is a stream in Jasper and Newton counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Center Creek.

The stream headwaters arise in Newton County at 36°58′44″N 94°10′41″W[1] at an elevation of about 1260 feet.[2] The stream flows to the northwest passing the communities of Pepsin and Parshley. It passes under I-44 and gains the tributary of Jenkins Creek. Its confluence with Center Creek is just east of U.S. Route 71 approximately three miles south of Carthage in Jasper County[3] at 37°06′19″N 94°18′33″W at an elevation of 955 feet.[1]

Jones Creek has the name of the local Jones family.[4]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jones Creek (Center Creek tributary)
  2. Newtonia, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1972
  3. Fidelity, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1963 (1979 rev.)
  4. "Jasper County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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