Big Creek (Current River tributary)

Not to be confused with Big Creek (Current River East) in Dent, Reynolds and Shannon counties.

Big Creek is a stream in Shannon and Texas counties in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Current River.

The stream headwaters are in Texas County at 37°15′19″N 91°52′25″W / 37.25528°N 91.87361°W / 37.25528; -91.87361 and the confluence with the current is in the northwest corner of Shannon County at 37°24′49″N 91°36′21″W / 37.41361°N 91.60583°W / 37.41361; -91.60583.[1] Cedargrove lies just north of the confluence. Razor Hollow flows parallel to the lower reaches of Big Creek and enters the Current about two miles southeast of Big Creek's confluence.[2]

Big Creek was so named on account of its size.[3]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Creek (Current River tributary)
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 55, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.