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Black Oak Creek

Coordinates: 38°28′47″N 94°03′19″W / 38.47972°N 94.05528°W / 38.47972; -94.05528
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Black Oak Creek is a stream in Cass and Henry counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Knob Creek.

The stream headwaters arise in eastern Cass County at 38°32′24″N 94°04′17″W / 38.54000°N 94.07139°W / 38.54000; -94.07139 and the stream flows southeast into Henry County and then south passing east of Creighton and under Missouri Route 7 to its confluence with Knob Creek at 38°28′47″N 94°03′19″W / 38.47972°N 94.05528°W / 38.47972; -94.05528.[1][2][3]

Black Oak Creek was so named due to the abundance of black oak timber along its course.[4]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Oak Creek
  2. ^ Quick City, Missouri and Creighton, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1955
  3. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 34 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. ^ "Henry County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)