Eightmile Creek (Missouri)

Eightmile Creek is a stream in Cass County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary to the South Grand River.[2]

The stream headwaters arise approximately two miles east of Harrisonville at 38°38′40″N 94°18′15″W[1] and an elevation of 1010 feet.[3] The stream flows generally south passing under Missouri Route 7 just to the east of Daugherty and then passing west of Austin to its confluence with the South Grand adjacent to U.S. Route 71 about one mile northeast of Archie[2] at 38°29′28″N 94°19′16″W and an elevation of 787 feet.[1]

Eightmile Creek was named for its distance, about 8 miles (13 km) from Harrisonville.[4]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eightmile Creek (Missouri)
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 34 ISBN 0899332242
  3. Harrisonville, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1982 rev.)
  4. "Cass County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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