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Poor Creek

Coordinates: 37°34′49″N 89°41′15″W / 37.5803286°N 89.6875997°W / 37.5803286; -89.6875997
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Poor Creek is a stream in Cape Girardeau County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary to Hughes Creek.[2]

Poor Creek supposedly was so named on account of the impoverished settlers along its course.[3]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poor Creek
  2. ^ Oak Ridge, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1947 (1978 rev.)
  3. ^ "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

37°34′49″N 89°41′15″W / 37.5803286°N 89.6875997°W / 37.5803286; -89.6875997