Horseshoe Creek is a stream in Jackson and Lafayette counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Sni-A-Bar Creek.

The stream headwaters arise in western Lafayette County adjacent to Missouri Route TT at 38°58′05″N 94°04′57″W / 38.96806°N 94.08250°W / 38.96806; -94.08250. The stream initially flows to the southeast then makes a broad "horseshoe turn" to continue north roughly parallel to the Lafayette-Jackson county line. The stream flows between Oak Grove and Bates City and passes under Interstate 70. The stream veers west and enters Jackson County prior to its confluence with Sni-A-Bar Creek about two miles north of I-70 at 39°02′29″N 94°06′50″W / 39.04139°N 94.11389°W / 39.04139; -94.11389.[1][2]

Horseshoe was so named for the fact its many meanders evokes a horseshoe shape.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Horseshoe Creek
  2. ↑ Chapel Hill, Missouri (1963) and Bates City, Missouri (1950, 1979 rev.), 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey
  3. ↑ "Jackson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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