Fiddle Creek is a stream in northeast Franklin County in east central Missouri.[1]
The stream headwaters are located adjacent to Missouri Route 100 approximately one mile northeast of Gray Summit[2] at 38°30′19″N 90°48′21″W / 38.50528°N 90.80583°W and the confluence with the Missouri River is at 38°35′58″N 90°45′45″W / 38.59944°N 90.76250°W.[1][3] The stream enters the Missouri River floodplain after crossing under Missouri Route T at Oetters and then runs along the south margin of the floodplain past St Albans to enter the Missouri River approximately 1.5 miles northeast of St Albans.[2]
Fiddle Creek got its name because fiddling was a popular pastime among early settlers near the creek.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fiddle Creek
- ^ a b Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.40 ISBN 0899332242
- ^ Labadie, Missouri 7.5 minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1972
- ^ "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
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