Raccoon Creek (Missouri)

Raccoon Creek (also called Coon Creek) is a stream in Daviess and Grundy counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Sugar Creek. The confluence is 1.5 miles southeast of the community of Brimson and 1.5 mile west of Sugar Creeks confluence with the Thompson River.Brimson MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984

The stream headwaters arise in eastern Daviess County at and an elevation of .Bancroft, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984 The stream flows to the northeast and enters Grundy County flowing past the Leisure Lake community and passing under Missouri Route 146Trenton West, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984 to enter Sugar Creek at an elevation of .

Raccoon Creek most likely was named for the raccoons in the immediate area.

See also List of rivers of Missouri

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