Blue Shawnee Creek is a stream located in Cape Girardeau County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The Blue Shawnee and the Muddy Shawnee Creek merge to form the Shawnee Creek.[2]

The stream headwaters arise about one mile south of Pocahontas (at 37°29′31″N 89°38′59″W / 37.49194°N 89.64972°W / 37.49194; -89.64972[1]) and the stream flows north-northeast past Pocahontas for about five miles to its merger with the Muddy Shawnee about one-half mile north of the community of New Wells.[2]

Blue Shawnee Creek is named for the main stream of which this creek is a branch, and "blue" indicates the clarity of the water, reflecting the sky.[3]

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  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Shawnee Creek
  2. 1 2 Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 58, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

37°33′55″N 89°37′28″W / 37.5653281°N 89.6245428°W / 37.5653281; -89.6245428



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