Lake Creek, Missouri

Lake Creek, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Lake Creek is located in Missouri
Lake Creek
Lake Creek
Lake Creek is located in the United States
Lake Creek
Lake Creek
Coordinates: 38°30′41″N 93°08′01″W / 38.51139°N 93.13361°W / 38.51139; -93.13361
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyBenton
Elevation
[1]
974 ft (297 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code660
GNIS feature ID729760[1]

Lake Creek is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Missouri, United States. Lake Creek is located along Supplemental Route JJ, 5.2 miles (8.4 km) northeast of Cole Camp.[2]

Lake Creek takes its name from a stream which once had sloughs and small lakes located along it.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Creek, Missouri
  2. ^ Benton County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  3. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named (in public domain). The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 210.


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