Blue Springs Creek is a stream in Crawford County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Meramec River.
The stream headwaters arise just south of Bourbon. It flows east past the south side of Bourbon and turns to the southeast parallel to Missouri Route N. The stream flows through the Blue Springs Creek Conservation Area to enter the Meramec just east of the conservation area.[2] The headwaters are at 38°08′53″N 91°14′56″W / 38.14806°N 91.24889°W and the confluence with the Meramec is at 38°07′16″N 91°09′39″W / 38.12111°N 91.16083°W.[1]
The stream was named for the large spring along its course known as Blue Spring. The stream was also referred to as Thicketty Creek due to the presence of numerous brush thickets along its banks.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Springs Creek
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Crawford County Place Names, 1928-1945". Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
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