Goff Creek (Missouri)

Goff Creek is a stream in Stone County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the James River.

The headwaters are the junction of the East Prong Goff Creek and West Prong Goff Creek at 36°52′30″N 93°23′40″W and the confluence with the James is at 36°53′12″N 93°24′24″W.[1] The East Prong flows past Ponce de Leon and the West Prong flows north from Abesville on Missouri Route 176. The two converge and flow northwest under Missouri Route V and past White City on to join the James just south of the McCall Bridge.[2]

Goff Creek has the name of John Goff, a pioneer settler.[3]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goff Creek (Missouri)
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 62, ISBN 0-89933-353-2
  3. "Stone County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.


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