Possum Walk Creek (Lick Creek tributary)
Possum Walk Creek is a stream in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Lick Creek. The headwaters are in Baxter County, Arkansas along the east side of Arkansas Route 5. The stream flows northeast into Ozark County, Missouri to its confluence with Lick Creek just north of Missouri Route T about three miles north of the border.[2]
| Possum Walk Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri and Arkansas |
| Region | Ozark County, Missouri and Baxter County, Arkansas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 36°29′25″N 92°29′22″W |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 36°32′33″N 92°23′43″W |
• elevation | 640 ft (200 m) |
| [1] | |
Possum Walk Creek was so named due to the presence of opossums near its course.[3]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Possum Walk Creek (Lick Creek tributary)
- Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- "Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
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