Otter Creek is a stream in Cooper and Morgan Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Lamine River.
The stream headwaters arise in northern Morgan County northeast of Syracuse and just west of Missouri Route 5 at 38°40′37″N 92°51′36″W / 38.67694°N 92.86000°W[1] at an elevation of about 930 feet.[2] The stream flows to the northwest into Cooper County and on to its confluence with the Lamine River about two miles northeast of Otterville[3] at 38°43′35″N 92°58′39″W / 38.72639°N 92.97750°W and an elevation of 645 feet.[1]
Otter Creek was so named for the fact it was a hunting ground for otters by pioneers.[4]
See also
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edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Otter Creek (Lamine River tributary)
- ^ Tipton, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1952 (rev. 1979)
- ^ Otterville East, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1953 (rev. 1979)
- ^ "Cooper County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
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