Dishwater Creek is a stream in Montgomery County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Loutre River.Americus, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1974 (1986 rev.)
The stream headwaters arise at at an elevation of 800 feet. The stream flows to the south-southwest through the Danville State Wildlife Area and passes under Missouri Route J to cross the Loutre floodplain to its confluence with the Loutre River at and an elevation of 515 feet.
According to tradition, the stream was named because a local woman used the stream to wash dishes.
See also List of rivers of Missouri
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