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Hurricane Creek (Tenmile Creek tributary)

Coordinates: 36°47′14″N 90°34′11″W / 36.78722°N 90.56972°W / 36.78722; -90.56972
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Hurricane Creek is a stream in Butler, Carter and Ripley counties of southern Missouri.[1] A tributary of Tenmile Creek.

The stream headwaters are located at 36°49′08″N 90°38′59″W / 36.81889°N 90.64972°W / 36.81889; -90.64972 and the confluence with Tenmile Creek is at 36°47′14″N 90°34′11″W / 36.78722°N 90.56972°W / 36.78722; -90.56972.[1] The community of Milltowm in western Butler County is located on the banks of the stream.[2]

Hurricane Creek was so named on account of a tornado which struck the area in the 1850s.[3]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hurricane Creek (Tenmile Creek tributary)
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 66-67, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)