Wilsons Creek[1] is a 13.9-mile-long (22.4 km)[2] waterway near Springfield, Missouri, United States. It is formed by the confluence of Jordan Creek and Fassnight Creek in southwest Springfield, just south of Bennett Street between Scenic Avenue and Kansas Expressway. It was the site of the Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek and flows south through Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. It is a tributary of the James River which it joins in western Christian County. At Battlefield, the creek has an annual average discharge of 95 cubic feet per second.[3]
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The creek has the name of James Wilson, a pioneer citizen.[4]
- ^ "Wilsons Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 9, 2011
- ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Missouri: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
- ^ "Christian County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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