Lake Creek is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Missouri, United States. Lake Creek is located along Supplemental Route JJ, 5.2 miles (8.4 km) northeast of Cole Camp.[2]
Lake Creek, Missouri | |
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Coordinates: 38°30′41″N 93°08′01″W / 38.51139°N 93.13361°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Missouri |
County | Benton |
Elevation | 974 ft (297 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 660 |
GNIS feature ID | 729760[1] |
Lake Creek takes its name from a stream which once had sloughs and small lakes located along it.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Creek, Missouri
- ^ Benton County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named (in public domain). The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 210.