Bear Creek (Middle Fork Grand River tributary)

Bear Creek is a stream in Gentry and Worth counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Middle Fork Grand River.Gentry, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985

The stream headwaters arise in Worth County at and an elevation of approximately 1080 feet.Grant City, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984 The stream flows south-southeast passing west of Worth into Gentry County to its confluence with the Middle Fork at at an elevation of 873 feet. The confluence is approximately one mile north of Gentry.

Bear Creek received its name from a pioneer incident in which a bear was killed near its course.

See also List of rivers of Missouri

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