Black Creek is a

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in Knox and Shelby counties of the

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. It is a tributary of the North Fork of the Salt River. The headwaters arise in southern Knox County just south of the community of Locust Hill at and it flows to the southeast passing under

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2.5 miles west of the community of

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. It continues into northwest Shelby County and crosses under

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. It continues passing the community of

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and Shelbyville where it turns to the east and under

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. It meanders on to the southeast past Kendall and enters the North Fork one mile north of

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west of Hunnewell in the southeast corner of Shelby County.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 24 The confluence is at . Black Creek was named for the dark water it contained.

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