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Tick Creek

Coordinates: 38°02′08″N 91°55′24″W / 38.03556°N 91.92333°W / 38.03556; -91.92333
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Tick Creek is a tributary of the Gasconade River in northwestern Phelps County in the Ozarks of Missouri.[1]

The stream headwaters are approximately four miles west of Rolla at 37°57′29″N 91°51′09″W / 37.95806°N 91.85250°W / 37.95806; -91.85250.[1] The stream flows west passing north of Doolittle then turns north and on to its confluence with the Gasconade on the Phelps-Maries county line at 38°02′08″N 91°55′24″W / 38.03556°N 91.92333°W / 38.03556; -91.92333.[1][2]

Tick Creek most likely was so named due to the reported abundance of ticks in the area.[3]

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tick Creek
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 46, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Phelps County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.