Brush Creek (Osage Fork Gasconade River tributary)

Brush Creek is a stream in southern Laclede County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Osage Fork Gasconade River.

The stream headwaters arise about one mile northeast of Phillipsburg adjacent to I-44 at 37°33′51″N 92°47′01″W / 37.56417°N 92.78361°W / 37.56417; -92.78361. The stream flows southeast under I-44 and then generally east passing under Missouri Route C and then route PP north of Morgan. It continues east to its confluence with the Osage Fork about 1.5 miles west of Missouri Route 5 at 37°32′12″N 92°37′18″W / 37.53667°N 92.62167°W / 37.53667; -92.62167.[1][2]

Brush Creek was named for the thick brush lining its course.[3]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brush Creek (Osage Fork Gasconade River tributary)
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Laclede County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)