Third Creek

For Third Creek in Adelaide, South Australia, see Third Creek (Adelaide).

Third Creek is a stream in Gasconade and Osage counties of central Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Gasconade River.

The stream headwaters are in Gasconade County at 38°21′47″N 91°29′33″W and the confluence with the Gasconade is in Osage County at 38°25′54″N 91°40′02″W.[1] The stream source is just west of Missouri Route 19 north of Owensville. The stream flows northwest past Old Woollam and, after passing under Missouri Routes P and A, it gains the flow of its southern tributary Crider Creek, and enters Osage County about 1.5 mile before it joins the Gasconade at Cooper Hill.[2]

Third Creek was named for the fact it is the third in order of tributaries on the Gasconade River from the nearby Missouri River.[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Third Creek
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, pp. 39 and 47, ISBN 0-89933-353-2
3. "Gasconade County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.