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Threemile Creek (Missouri)

Coordinates: 38°12′56″N 91°21′28″W / 38.21556°N 91.35778°W / 38.21556; -91.35778
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Threemile Creek is a stream in northern Crawford and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary to the Little Bourbeuse River.[2]

The stream headwaters are in northern Crawford County at 38°08′36″N 91°23′14″W / 38.14333°N 91.38722°W / 38.14333; -91.38722 and the confluence with the Little Bourbeuse is in the southwestern corner of Franklin County at 38°12′56″N 91°21′28″W / 38.21556°N 91.35778°W / 38.21556; -91.35778.[1] The southeastern corner of Gasconade County is within the stream floodplain about 50 feet from the stream channel.[2] The elevation at the stream confluence is 732 feet[1] and the elevation of the source is at about 980 feet.[3]

Threemile Creek most likely was descriptively named on account of an estimate of its length.[4]

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Threemile Creek (Missouri)
  2. ^ a b Argo, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1948
  3. ^ Oak Hill, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1948
  4. ^ "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)