Boone Creek (Bourbeuse River tributary)

Boone Creek (sometimes called Boones Creek) is a stream in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Bourbeuse River. It runs through Crawford and Franklin Counties.

The stream headwaters are in Crawford County just north of the community of Coffeyton at 38°07′43″N 91°16′19″W. The stream flows north passing under Interstate 44 and then northeast past Bourbon then turns north and enters Franklin County. The stream flows north-northwest passing between Japan and Elmont to enter a meander on the Bourbeuse between Strain and Champion City at 38°18′02″N 91°17′20″W.[2][1][3]

Boone Creek bears the name of frontiersman Daniel Boone.[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boone Creek (Bourbeuse River tributary)
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
3. Argo, Strain and Sullivan, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1948, 1966 and 1969 (respectively and all photorevised 1980)
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.