Indian Creek (Thompson River tributary)

Indian Creek is a stream in Decatur County, Iowa and Harrison County, Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Thompson River.

The stream headwaters arise approximately two miles east of Lamoni, Iowa at 40°37′05″N 93°52′57″W / 40.61806°N 93.88250°W / 40.61806; -93.88250[1] and an elevation of approximately 1,065 ft (325 m).[2] It flows south to southeast into Missouri to its confluence with the Thompson River at 40°29′20″N 93°48′29″W / 40.48889°N 93.80806°W / 40.48889; -93.80806 and an elevation of 830 ft (250 m).[1] The confluence is in northeastern Harrison County approximately four miles north-northeast of the community of Cainsville.[3]

Indian Creek took its name from the Indians who once used the area as a hunting ground.[4]

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Indian Creek (Thompson River tributary)
  2. ^ Lamoni South, IA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1981
  3. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 15, ISBN 0899332242
  4. ^ "Harrison County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)