Lincoln Creek is a stream in western Andrew County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Nodaway River and is 13.8 miles long.
History Lincoln Creek was named after John Lincoln, a member of the Lincoln family who was the proprietor of a local gristmill. It was one of the first named tributaries of the Nodaway River, being denoted as such as early as 1842.
Geography Lincoln Creek is a left tributary of the Nodaway River and joins it 10.2 miles before its mouth in the Missouri River. There are no communities in the Lincoln Creek watershed though Fillmore is close by, being about 2.5 miles northeast of its mouth, and has a permitted wastewater treatment facility that flows into Lincoln Creek.
Crossings There are two highways that cross Lincoln Creek: US-59 and Route H. The bridge for Route H was completed in 1966.https://www.modot.org/projects/route-b-route-dd-and-route-h-bridge-rehabilitation-andrew-and-buchanan
See also Lincoln Township, Andrew County, Missouri Tributaries of the Nodaway River List of rivers of Missouri
References
External links Geomorphology of Lincoln Creek. Archived from the original