Terrible Creek is a stream in western Ripley County in southeast Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of South Fork Buffalo Creek.[2]
The stream headwaters are at 36°39′31″N 91°01′06″W / 36.65861°N 91.01833°W and its confluence with the South Fork is at 36°42′07″N 90°59′44″W / 36.70194°N 90.99556°W.[1] The stream source area lies just north of US Route 160 west of Briar.[2]
Terrible Creek was so named on account of the rugged terrain near its course.[3]
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edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Terrible Creek
- ^ a b Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 66, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Ripley County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
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