Turkey Creek (Lake Taneycomo tributary)

Turkey Creek is a stream in the Ozarks of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.[1] It is a tributary of Lake Taneycomo. The stream source is two-thirds of a mile south of the Missouri - Arkansas border in Boone County north of the village of Crest. The Missouri Pacific Railroad line follows the stream course after exiting the Crest railroad tunnel under Arkansas State Route 14 at Crest.[2] North of the state line in Taney County the stream flows north through west Hollister to its confluence with Lake Taneycomo south of Branson. The stream covers a linear distance of 86 mi (138 km) between the border and its confluence.[3][4]

Turkey Creek mouth at Lake Taneycomo

Turkey Creek was so named on account of the wild turkeys in the area.[5]

Coordinates: source: 36°29′20″N 93°13′06″W; mouth: 36°38′02″N 93°13′01″W[1]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Turkey Creek (Lake Taneycomo tributary)
  2. Omaha, Arkansas-Missouri 7.5 minute Topographic Quad., USGS 1967
  3. Hollister Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1989
  4. Branson Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1989
  5. "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.


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