Breeden Creek

Breeden Creek is a stream in western Douglas County in the Ozarks of south central Missouri.[1] The stream is a tributary to Little Beaver Creek.[2]

Looking upstream from a crossing of Breeden Creek

The stream headwaters arise at 36°58′01″N 92°50′58″W[1] at an elevation of approximately 1300 feet.[2] The headwaters are on the south flank of Keyger Mountain which rises to a peak elevation of over 1660 feet just one-half mile from source.[2] The stream flows generally south to its confluence with Little Beaver at 36°56′23″N 92°50′42″W at an elevation of 1099 feet.[1] The stream confluence lies approximately one quarter mile northwest of the community of Pansy at the end of Missouri Route NN.[2]

Church and cemetery adjacent to Breeden Creek

The stream along with the old Breeden School that was adjacent to it bears the name of a local family in the area.[3][4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Breeden Creek
  2. Goodhope, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
  3. Douglas County Place Names, 1928-1945 The State Historical Society of Missouri
  4. Bradleyville, MO, 1:48000 scale Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1937
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