Capps Creek is a stream in Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Current River.[2]
The stream headwaters arise just west of Missouri Route Y at 36°44′17″N 90°51′52″W / 36.73806°N 90.86444°W[1] at an elevation of about 580 feet[3] and it flows west then meanders south to its confluence with the Current at 36°42′45″N 90°53′26″W / 36.71250°N 90.89056°W at an elevation of 358 Feet.[1] The confluence is about seven miles northwest of Doniphan.[4]
Capps Creek has the name of Nimrod Capps, an early settler.[5]
See also
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edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capps Creek (Current River tributary)
- ^ Brier, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1997
- ^ Doniphan North, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1997
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 66, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "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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