McGee Creek (Missouri)
river in Missouri, United States of America
McGee Creek is a stream in northeastern Wayne County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The stream is a tributary to the Mingo Swamp.
The stream headwaters arise in northern Wayne County (at 37°05′33″N 90°15′42″W) and the stream flows east-southeast parallel to Missouri Route P. It crosses under Route TT just north of McGee and continues to the southeast crossing under Route Z just prior to entering the swamp (at 37°02′54″N 90°07′46″W).
McGee Creek has the name of the local McGhee family.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “McGee Creek (Missouri)” as river in Missouri, United States of America. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as river in Missouri, United States of America. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q28109091. Authority coordinates are 37.048, -90.130. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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