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Elkhorn Creek (McDonald County, Missouri)

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Elkhorn Creek is a stream in McDonald County in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1] It is a tributary of Indian Creek.^[2]

The stream headwaters arise at {{coord|36|42|27|N|94|12|07|W|display=inline}} just east of Missouri Route 76 south of Longview. It flows southwest past Bethpage and then west-northwest to its confluence with Indian Creek south of McNatt at {{coord|36|43|29|N|94|19|19|W|display=inline,title}}.^[1]^[2]

Some say Elkhorn Creek was named for elk in the area, while others believe the name is a transfer from a creek of the same name in Letcher County, Kentucky.^[3]

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1. ^¹{{GNIS|717465}}
2. ^¹Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}
3. ^{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mcdonald.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071801/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mcdonald.html | archivedate = June 24, 2016 | deadurl = no | title=McDonald County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate= November 4, 2016}}

2 : Rivers of McDonald County, Missouri|Rivers of Missouri

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