Parks Creek is a stream in Wright and Laclede counties in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Osage Fork Gasconade River.

Parks Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
RegionWright and Laclede counties
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates37°19′23″N 92°36′39″W / 37.32306°N 92.61083°W / 37.32306; -92.61083
Mouth 
 • coordinates
37°30′13″N 92°37′27″W / 37.50361°N 92.62417°W / 37.50361; -92.62417
 • elevation
1,076 ft (328 m)
[1]

Parks Creek begins at the confluence of two valleys south of Grovespring and just west of Missouri Route 5. The stream flows essentially due north parallel to Route 5 and joins the Osage Fork in southern Laclede County just northeast of Pease and the Missouri Route J bridge. In northernmost Wright County the stream flows through the Dr John Alva Fuson Conservation Area. Parks Creek Road follows the stream from Grovespring north to Route J.[2]

Parks Creek has the name of the local Parks family.[3]

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Parks Creek
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Laclede County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
edit