Goff Creek (Missouri)
Goff Creek is a stream in Stone County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. It is a tributary of the James River.
The headwaters are the junction of the East Prong Goff Creek and West Prong Goff Creek at 36°52′30″N 93°23′40″W / 36.87500°N 93.39444°W and the confluence with the James is at 36°53′12″N 93°24′24″W / 36.88667°N 93.40667°W. The East Prong flows past Ponce de Leon and the West Prong flows north from Abesville on Missouri Route 176. The two converge and flow northwest under Missouri Route V and past White City on to join the James just south of the McCall Bridge.
Goff Creek has the name of John Goff, a pioneer settler.
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goff Creek (Missouri)
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 62, ISBN 0-89933-353-2
- ^ "Stone County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
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