Bates Creek is a stream in Washington County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Mine a Breton Creek.
The stream headwaters are at 37°52′59″N 90°50′27″W / 37.88306°N 90.84083°W and its confluence with Mine a Breton Creek is at 37°56′50″N 90°47′54″W / 37.94722°N 90.79833°W.[1] Bates Creek source area lies south of Potosi and it flows north passing west of Potosi before turning northeast and passing under Missouri routes 8 and 185 just before joining the Mine a Breton just northwest of the city.[2]
Bates Creek has the name of Moses Bates, proprietor of a local blast furnace.[3]
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edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bates Creek
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 48 ISBN 0-89933-353-2
- ^ "Washington County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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