Grays Creek (Missouri)
Grays Creek is a stream in Cole County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Missouri River. It flows into the Missouri River floodplain just northwest of Jefferson City.[2]
The stream headwaters arise about two miles east of Centertown and one half mile north of US Route 50 at 38°37′02″N 92°21′52″W / 38.61722°N 92.36444°W and the stream flows to the east past the communities of Elston and Scott to enter the Missouri floodplain at just prior to entering the Missouri at 38°36′11″N 92°12′21″W / 38.60306°N 92.20583°W.[1][2]
WikiMiniAtlasGrays Creek was named after the local Gray family.[3]
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- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grays Creek (Missouri)
- ^ a b Jefferson City, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967
- ^ "Cole County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Coordinates: 38°36′11″N 92°12′21″W / 38.6030901°N 92.2057396°W
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