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Beaverdam Creek (South Fork Blackwater River tributary)

Coordinates: 38°50′56″N 93°25′29″W / 38.8489048°N 93.4246543°W / 38.8489048; -93.4246543
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Beaverdam Creek (also spelled Beaver Dam Creek) is a stream in Pettis County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the South Fork Blackwater River.

The stream headwaters arise approximately one mile north of the community of La Monte at 38°47′07″N 93°24′55″W / 38.7852778°N 93.4152778°W / 38.7852778; -93.4152778 and it flows generally north about four miles parallel to and just east of Missouri Route 127 to its confluence with the South Fork approximately 2.5 miles east-northeast of the community of Stokley at 38°50′56″N 93°25′29″W / 38.8489048°N 93.4246543°W / 38.8489048; -93.4246543.[1][2]

Beaverdam Creek was so named due to the presence of beaver dams in the area.[3]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaverdam Creek (South Fork Blackwater River tributary)
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 36 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Pettis County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.