Claybaugh Creek is a stream in the Saint Francois Mountains of Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
The headwaters arise high on the south slope of Taum Sauk Mountain about 2000 feet south of the lookout at an elevation of about 1620 feet[2] at 37°33′52″N 90°43′21″W / 37.56444°N 90.72250°W.[1] The stream flows south and east to its confluence with Minor Creek is at the head of Royal Gorge adjacent to Missouri Route 21[2] at 37°32′35″N 90°40′56″W / 37.54306°N 90.68222°W and at an elevation of 1063 feet.[1]
Claybaugh Creek has the name of an early charcoal producer.[3]
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edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Claybaugh Creek
- ^ a b Irontown, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (1978 rev.)
- ^ "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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