Elk Creek, Missouri
Elk Creek is an unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately nine miles south of Houston.
A post office called Elk Creek has been in operation since 1860. The community was so named on account of the elk once abundant in the area.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk Creek, Missouri
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 368.
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