Stinking Creek (Pomme de Terre River tributary)

Stinking Creek is a stream in northern Polk County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Pomme de Terre River. The stream headwaters are along Missouri Route D between Polk and Huron. The stream flows north-northwest and enters the southern end of Pomme de Terre Lake just west of Adonis.[2]

The stream source is at 37°42′35″N 93°19′09″W, and its confluence is at 37°47′56″N 93°22′30″W.[1]

Stinking Creek was so named on account of the naturally occurring stench it produces.[3]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stinking Creek (Pomme de Terre River tributary)
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 44 & 52, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Polk County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.



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