Flat Creek is a stream in Benton, Morgan and Pettis counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Lamine River.

The stream headwaters arise in northern Benton County west of Ionia at 38°29′25″N 93°22′43″W / 38.49028°N 93.37861°W / 38.49028; -93.37861 and the stream flows northwest past Brandon Siding into Pettis County east of Windsor and then turns to the northeast passing under Missouri Route 52 south of Sedalia. The stream meanders to the east passing south of Smithton into Morgan County and under Missouri Route 135 to its confluence with Richland Creek to form the Lamine River at 38°40′07″N 92°57′11″W / 38.66861°N 92.95306°W / 38.66861; -92.95306.[1][2]

Flat Creek most likely derives its name from a corruption of the French word plat, meaning "shallow".[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flat Creek (Lamine River tributary)
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 36 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Pettis County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.



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