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Marble Creek (St. Francis River tributary)

Coordinates: 37°26′55″N 90°28′42″W / 37.44861°N 90.47833°W / 37.44861; -90.47833
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Marble Creek
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Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountiesIron and Madison
Physical characteristics
MouthSt. Francis River
 • location
Just east of French Mills, Madison County
 • coordinates
37°26′55″N 90°28′42″W / 37.44861°N 90.47833°W / 37.44861; -90.47833

Marble Creek is a stream in Iron and Madison Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the St. Francis River.

The stream headwaters arise in Iron County southwest of Arcadia at 37°32′49″N 90°39′43″W / 37.54694°N 90.66194°W / 37.54694; -90.66194 and it flows southeast and then east to its confluence with the St. Francis in Madison County just east of French Mills at 37°26′55″N 90°28′42″W / 37.44861°N 90.47833°W / 37.44861; -90.47833.[1][2]

Marble Creek was so named because the limestone in the stream bed had the appearance of marble.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marble Creek (St. Francis River tributary)
  2. ^ Des Arc NE, 1969 and Rock Pile Mountain, Missouri. 1980, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS
  3. ^ "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)