Mikes Creek

Mikes Creek is a stream in Barry and McDonald counties of the Ozarks of southwestern Missouri.[1]

The headwaters are in western Barry County at 36°43′22″N 94°03′28″W and the confluence with Big Sugar Creek is in McDonald County at 36°37′27″N 94°11′12″W.[1] The source of the stream is in western Barry County to the southeast of Rocky Comfort in northeast McDonald County. The stream flows southwest paralleling Missouri Route U then turns west to its confluence just northwest of Powell.[2]

Some say Mike's Creek was named after an elderly settler named Mike, while others believe the name is a corruption of Michael, the surname of Phillip Michael, a pioneer citizen.[3]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mikes Creek
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "McDonald County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.



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