Turkey Creek is a stream in Jasper and Newton counties of southwest Missouri and Cherokee county of southeastern Kansas in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Spring River.
The stream headwaters arise in Newton County at 37°01′03″N 94°23′03″W / 37.01750°N 94.38417°W in Newton County[1] at an elevation of approximately 1170 feet.[2] The stream flows to the north into Jasper County and passes under I-44 southeast of Duenweg. It the turns to the northwest and flows past through the north side of Joplin passing under U.S. Route 71 and Missouri Route 43.[3] It continues to the west-northwest past the community of Belleville and into southeastern Kansas. Its confluence with the Spring River is one-half mile west of the Missouri-Kansas state line[4] at 37°07′47″N 94°37′36″W / 37.12972°N 94.62667°W at an elevation of 814 feet.[1]
Turkey Creek was named for the wild turkeys along its course.[5]
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References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Turkey Creek (Spring River tributary)
- ^ Joplin East, MO., 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1963 (1979 rev.)
- ^ Joplin West, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1962 (1979 rev.)
- ^ Crestline, KS, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1959 (1979 rev.)
- ^ "Jasper County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
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