Possum Trot Creek
Possum Trot Creek is a stream in Crawford and Iron counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Huzzah Creek.
The stream headwaters arise in the northwest corner of Iron County just northwest of Viburnum (at 37°43′17″N 91°08′18″W / 37.72139°N 91.13833°W) and the stream flows northwest to its confluence with Huzzah Creek in Crawford County (at 37°45′56″N 91°10′25″W / 37.76556°N 91.17361°WCoordinates: 37°45′56″N 91°10′25″W / 37.76556°N 91.17361°W).[1][2] Mill Rock Creek enters the Huzzah just downstream from Possum Trot Creek.[2]
Possum Trot Creek, also called Possum Creek, was named for the fact it was a favorite hunting ground of opossums by early settlers.[3]
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- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Possum Trot Creek
- ^ a b Viburnum West, Missouri and Davisville, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1967 and 1978
- ^ "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.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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- Rivers of Crawford County, Missouri
- Rivers of Iron County, Missouri
- Rivers of Missouri
- Missouri river stubs