Elkhorn Creek is a stream in Montgomery County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the West Fork of the Cuivre River.
The stream headwaters arise at 38°53′04″N 91°24′34″W / 38.88444°N 91.40944°W adjacent to the north side of I-70 approximately two miles southeast of New Florence. The stream flows northwest past New Florence and Montgomery City. It then turns to the northeast and flows past the north side of Buell and on to its confluence with the West Fork about 1.5 miles northeast of the community of Gamma[2] at 39°05′17″N 91°19′40″W / 39.08806°N 91.32778°W at an elevation of 587 feet.[1]
Elkhorn Creek was named for the resemblance of its meandering course to an elk's horn.[3]
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edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elkhorn Creek (West Fork Cuivre River tributary)
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, pp. 32 and 39 ISBN 0899332242
- ^ "Montgomery County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
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