Indian Creek is a stream in St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the St. Francis River.
The stream begins at the confluence of Middlebrook Creek and Mud Creek at 37°40′46″N 90°37′02″W / 37.67944°N 90.61722°W.[1][2] The stream flows north and is impounded as Iron Mountain Lake within the Iron Mountain Lake community. The stream continues to the north-northeast passing under Missouri Route W on to its confluence with the St. Francis River about 3.5 miles southeast of Bismarck at 37°44′34″N 90°35′19″W / 37.74278°N 90.58861°W.[1][2][3]
Indian Creek was so named on account of a nearby Indian village.[4]
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edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Indian Creek (St. Francis River tributary)
- ^ a b Iron Mountain Lake, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (1983 rev.)
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "St. Francois County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
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