Caney Creek is a stream in Scott County in southeast Missouri.[1] The stream headwaters arise northwest of Benton at 37°06′16″N 89°34′51″W / 37.10444°N 89.58083°W.[1] The stream flows east then turns to the northwest passing under U.S. Route 61 twice north of Benton. The stream flows west passing north of New Hamburg, under Missouri Route 77 and north of the community of Bleda (originally known as Caney Creek[2]) and ends at 37°06′30″N 89°43′31″W / 37.10833°N 89.72528°W[1] in the Old Caney Basin at Drainage ditch #1.[3][4]
Caney Creek was so named on account of canebrake near its course.[2]
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edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caney Creek (Scott County, Missouri)
- ^ a b "Scott County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 58 & 68, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ Oran, MO and Chaffee, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1963
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