Quick Creek is a stream in southwest Montgomery County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Missouri River.[2]
The stream headwaters arise at 38°44′23″N 91°35′53″W / 38.73972°N 91.59806°W[1] at an elevation of approximately 900 feet.[3] The stream flows south and east to enter the Missouri River floodplain about one mile west of Rhineland. It passes under Missouri Route 94 and continues to the east to its confluence with the Missouri north of the west side of Hermann[2] at 38°42′35″N 91°27′08″W / 38.70972°N 91.45222°W and an elevation of 492 feet.[1]
Quick Creek has the name of Alexander Quick, a pioneer settler.[4]
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edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quick Creek
- ^ a b Hermann, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1974 (1986 rev.)
- ^ Gasconade, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1974
- ^ "Montgomery County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
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