Silver Fork

This article is about the stream in Missouri. For the tributary in California, see Silver Fork American River. For the 19th-century literary genre, see Silver fork literature.

Silver Fork is a stream in Boone County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Perche Creek.[2]

The stream headwaters arise at 39°05′36″N 92°09′07″W and the confluence with Perche Creek is at 39°04′03″N 92°23′30″W.[1][2] The stream origin is about five miles south of Centralia and the stream flows north to northwest passing under Missouri Route 124. It then turns toward the southwest and passes under US Route 63 approximately ten miles north of Columbia and continues to its confluence approximately 1.5 mile southwest of Dripping Spring.[3]

Silver Fork was named after Hugh Silvers, a pioneer citizen.[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Silver Fork
2. Sturgeon, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1969
3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, pp. 31-32 ISBN 0899332242
4. "Boone County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.