Otter Creek (Lamine River tributary)

Otter Creek is a stream in Cooper and Morgan Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Lamine River.

The stream headwaters arise in northern Morgan County northeast of Syracuse and just west of Missouri Route 5 at 38°40′37″N 92°51′36″W[1] at an elevation of about 930 feet.[2] The stream flows to the northwest into Cooper County and on to its confluence with the Lamine River about two miles northeast of Otterville[3] at 38°43′35″N 92°58′39″W and an elevation of 645 feet.[1]

Otter Creek was so named for the fact it was a hunting ground for otters by pioneers.[4]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Otter Creek (Lamine River tributary)
  2. Tipton, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1952 (rev. 1979)
  3. Otterville East, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1953 (rev. 1979)
  4. "Cooper County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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