Sloan Creek (Missouri)
Sloan Creek is a stream in eastern Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary to the Mississippi River.
The stream headwaters arise in north Cape Girardeau at 37°20′48″N 89°32′10″W / 37.34667°N 89.53611°W and it flows southeasterly approximately 2.5 miles through northeast Cape Girardeau to enter the Mississippi due east of Southeast Missouri State College at 37°18′53″N 89°30′48″W / 37.31472°N 89.51333°W.[2]
The stream was named after the owner of a local mill.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sloan Creek (Missouri)
- ^ Cape Girardeau, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangele, USGS, 1967 (1978 rev.)
- ^ "Out of the Past". The Southeast Missourian. Mar 14, 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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