Mill Creek (Morgan County, Missouri)

Stream in the U.S. state of Missouri

Mill Creek is a stream in Morgan County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary to the Gravois Creek arm of the Lake of the Ozarks.[2]

The stream headwaters arise at 38°14′23″N 92°53′10″W﻿ / ﻿38.23972°N 92.88611°W﻿ / 38.23972; -92.88611[1] just northeast of Missouri Route 135 at an elevation of approximately 920 ft (280 m).[3] The stream meanders northeast and east passing under Missouri Route 5 and enters the Lake of the Ozarks at 38°14′37″N 92°48′02″W﻿ / ﻿38.24361°N 92.80056°W﻿ / 38.24361; -92.80056 at an elevation of 663 ft (202 m).[1] Previous to the impoundment of the lake the confluence of Mill Creek with Gravois Creek was located 2.3 miles to the northeast at 38°15′32″N 92°45′15″W﻿ / ﻿38.25889°N 92.75417°W﻿ / 38.25889; -92.75417 and an elevation of 620 ft (190 m)[4] and about one mile north of the community of Gladstone.[5]

Mill Creek was so named on account of watermills near its course.[6]

## See also[edit]

* List of rivers of Missouri

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mill Creek (Morgan County, Missouri)
2. ^ Sunrise Beach, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1959 (1983 rev.)
3. ^ Bollinger Creek, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1959 (1981 rev.)
4. ^ Gravois Mills, MO 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
5. ^ Gravois Mill, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1904
6. ^ "Morgan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.

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