Buzzard Run is a stream in Ripley County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Little Black River.
The stream headwaters arise at 36°40′11″N 90°38′11″W / 36.66972°N 90.63639°W[1] about one mile west of Fairdealing just north of US Route 160 at an elevation of about 475 feet.[2] The stream flows south and east passing under Route 160 and Missouri Route B passing south of Fairdealing. The stream flows generally south meandering under Route B repeatedly and continues to its confluence with the Little Black just north of Missouri Route 142 at 36°35′44″N 90°36′56″W / 36.59556°N 90.61556°W at an elevation of 302 feet.[1] The confluence is about 1.5 miles north of Naylor.[3]
Some say Buzzard Run was so named on account of buzzards in the area, while others believe the creek has the name of the local Buzzard family.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buzzard Run (Missouri)
- ^ Flatwoods, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979 (1986 rev.)
- ^ Naylor, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979 (1980 rev.)
- ^ "Ripley County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
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