Whites Creek (Hunter Creek tributary)

Whites Creek is an Ozark stream in Douglas County, Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Hunter Creek.

Whites Creek
Whites Creek adjacent to Missouri Route 14 six miles east of Ava
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
RegionDouglas County
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates36°54′22″N 92°38′18″W
  elevation1,250 ft (380 m)
Mouth 
  coordinates
36°55′28″N 92°32′36″W
  elevation
863 ft (263 m)
[1]

The headwaters are at an elevation of about 1,250 feet[2] and the mouth is at an elevation of 863 feet.[1]

Whites Creek begins as a south flowing stream on the south side of Table Rock Knob just southeast of Ava and flows south for a short distance before turning east. The stream runs parallel to Missouri Route 14 and is bridged where the road turns south. Hoffmeister Spring emerges from a bluff along the north side of the stream a few hundred yards east of the bridge at 36°54′51″N 92°33′12″W and an elevation of 892 feet.[3][4]

Whites Creek has the name of a pioneer citizen with the surname White.[5]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whites Creek (Hunter Creek tributary)
  2. Ava, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
  3. GNIS for Hoffmeister Spring
  4. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  5. "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 28 September 2016.



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