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{{Short description|Stream in the US state of Missouri}}
'''Mill Creek''' is a [[stream]] in southwestern [[Madison County, Missouri|Madison County]] and the northwest corner of [[Wayne County, Missouri|Wayne County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Missouri]].<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|722323}}</ref> It is a tributary of [[Crane Pond Creek]].
The stream [[headwaters]] arise in Madison County at {{coord|37|22|01|N|90|32|51|W|display=inline}} and the stream flows south to its [[confluence]] with Crane Pond Creek in the northwest corner of Wayne County at {{coord|37|18|49|N|90|32|38|W|display=inline,title}}.<ref name=gnis/> The community of [[Brunot, Missouri|Brunot]] lies just west of the stream junction.<ref>''Brunot, Missouri,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1969</ref>
Mill Creek received its name on account of a [[gristmill]] on its course.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_wayne.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071734/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_wayne.html |archivedate=June 24, 2016 |url-status=dead |title=Wayne County Place Names, 1928–1945 |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=January 1, 2017 }}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of rivers of Missouri]]
==References==
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[[Category:Rivers of Madison County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Rivers of Wayne County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Rivers of Missouri]]
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