Whites Creek (Hunter Creek)
Whites Creek is an Ozark stream in Douglas County, Missouri. It is a tributary of Hunter Creek.
The headwaters are at an elevation of about 1,250 feet and the mouth is at an elevation of 863 feet.
Whites Creek begins as a south flowing stream on the south side of Table Rock Knob just southeast of Ava and flows south for a short distance before turning east. The stream runs parallel to Missouri Route 14 and is bridged where the road turns south. Hoffmeister Spring emerges from a bluff along the north side of the stream a few hundred yards east of the bridge at 36°54′51″N 92°33′12″W / 36.91417°N 92.55333°W and an elevation of 892 feet.
Whites Creek has the name of a pioneer citizen with the surname White.
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whites Creek (Hunter Creek tributary)
- ^ Ava, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
- ^ GNIS for Hoffmeister Spring
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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