Peddler Creek is a stream in Gentry and Worth counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Middle Fork of the Grand River.
Its headwaters arise at 40°25′32″N 94°23′17″W / 40.42556°N 94.38806°W and it flows south to south-southwest to its confluence with the Middle Fork of the Grand at 40°18′39″N 94°24′38″W / 40.31083°N 94.41056°W at an elevation of 866 feet.[1] The headwater region lies in Worth County midway between Worth and Denver. The stream flows south roughly parallel to and one mile east of U.S. Route 169. The confluence is approximately 1.5 miles southeast of Gentry in Gentry County.[2][3]
According to tradition, Peddler Creek was named for an incident when a peddler was robbed by a party masquerading as Indians.[4][5]
See also
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edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peddler Creek
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 198, p. 14 ISBN 0899332242
- ^ Grant City, MO and Gentry, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1984
- ^ "Gentry County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ The History of Gentry and Worth Counties, Missouri. National Historical Company. 1882. p. 155.
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