Pointers Creek is a stream in Osage County, Missouri.[1]

The stream headwaters are at 38°27′44″N 91°48′26″W / 38.46222°N 91.80722°W / 38.46222; -91.80722 and the confluence with the Gasconade River is at 38°25′26″N 91°44′31″W / 38.42389°N 91.74194°W / 38.42389; -91.74194.[1] The source area for the stream lie just south of U.S. Route 50 and southwest of Potts. The stream flows about four miles to the southeast to enter the Gasconade.[2]

Pointers Creek has the name of the local Pointer family.[3]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pointers Creek
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 38, ISBN 0-89933-353-2
  3. ^ "Osage County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.