Big Creek is a

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in southern

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and northeastern Wayne counties the

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. It is a tributary of the

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.''Albright, Missouri,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980 The stream headwaters are at the confluence of the East Fork Big Creek and Middle Fork Big Creek just south of Buckhorn in Madison County at . The stream flows southeast parallel to

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into Wayne County. The stream flows past the communities of

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and Gravelton where it turns easterly to enter the Castor River one half mile from the Wayne-

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county line at . Big Creek was named so because it is large relative to other nearby creeks.

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