Poor Creek is a stream in Cape Girardeau County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary to Hughes Creek.[2]
Poor Creek supposedly was so named on account of the impoverished settlers along its course.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poor Creek
- ^ Oak Ridge, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1947 (1978 rev.)
- ^ "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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