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Capps Creek (Current River tributary)

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Stream in the U.S. state of Missouri

Capps Creek is a stream in Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Current River.

The stream headwaters arise just west of Missouri Route Y at 36°44′17″N 90°51′52″W / 36.73806°N 90.86444°W / 36.73806; -90.86444 at an elevation of about 580 feet and it flows west then meanders south to its confluence with the Current at 36°42′45″N 90°53′26″W / 36.71250°N 90.89056°W / 36.71250; -90.89056 at an elevation of 358 Feet. The confluence is about seven miles northwest of Doniphan.

Capps Creek has the name of Nimrod Capps, an early settler.

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capps Creek (Current River tributary)
  2. Brier, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1997
  3. Doniphan North, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1997
  4. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 66, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  5. "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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