Toms Creek (Missouri)

Toms Creek is a stream in Reynolds County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the West Fork Black River.[2]

The stream headwaters arise just east of Bunker at 37°27′04″N 91°12′03″W[1] and an elevation of approximately 1300 feet.[3] The stream flows generally north for approximately two miles then turns to the east-northeast for about four miles to its confluence with the West Fork just north of the community of West Fork at 37°29′37″N 91°06′35″W at an elevation of 912 feet.[1][2]

Toms Creek has the name of Thomas Sutterfield, an early settler.[4]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Toms Creek (Missouri)
  2. Corridon, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967 (1985 rev.)
  3. Bunker, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967 (1985 rev.)
  4. "Reynolds County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.


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