Marsh Creek (Missouri)

Marsh Creek is a stream in Madison County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the St. Francis River.

The stream headwaters are at at an elevation of about 860 feet.Des Arc NE, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 It flows east to southeast passing north of Stumbeaugh Mountain to its confluence with the St. Francis at at an elevation of 499 feet.Rock Pile Mountain, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980 Rock Pile Mountain lies just to the east of the confluence across the St. Francis. The historic community of Marsh Creek lies on the west bank of the St. Francis one half mile north of the confluence.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 57,

Marsh Creek derives its name from Charles S. Marsh, an early settler.

See also List of rivers of Missouri

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