Byrd Creek

Byrd Creek is a stream in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.[1] The stream is a tributary of the Whitewater River.

The stream headwaters arise at 37°30′12″N 89°43′06″W[1] just east of Oak Ridge at an elevation of approximately 585 feet.[2] The stream flows to the south and south-southwest crossing under Missouri Route 72 between Millersville and Jackson and under Missouri Route 34 east of Burfordville. The stream reaches its confluence with the Whitewater River approximately three miles south of Burfordville.[3] The confluence is at 37°19′56″N 89°47′35″W at an elevation of 358 feet.[1]

Byrd Creek has the name of Amos Byrd, a pioneer citizen.[4]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Byrd Creek
  2. Oak Ridge, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1947 (1978 rev.)
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 58, ISBN 0899332242
  4. "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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