Pine Creek (Bryant Creek tributary)
River in Missouri, United States
Pine Creek is a stream in Ozark County in the Ozarks of south central Missouri. The stream is a tributary of Bryant Creek.
The stream headwaters arise at the northern edge of the Caney Mountain Conservation Area on the northeast side of Preston Flat Ridge. The source area is about 2.5 miles east of the community of Romance and eight miles north of Gainesville. From the source the stream flows east-southeast passing under Route N and Missouri Route 181 at the community of Zanoni. The stream continues southeast to south passing west of Luna and gaining the tributary of Caney Creek before reaching its confluence with Bryant Creek northwest of Tecumseh.
“Pine Creek (Bryant Creek tributary)” enters the record as river in Missouri, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Pine, Creek and Bryant can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q38252043. Authority coordinates are 36.632, -92.308. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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