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The Elk River is a tributary of the Verdigris River in southeastern Kansas in the United States. Via the Verdigris and Arkansas rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River
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Description and course

The Elk River is formed by a collection of intermittent streams in southwestern Greenwood County, and flows for about U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed May 31, 2011
generally east-southeast through
Butler A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some a ...
, Elk, and Montgomery counties, past the towns of
Elk Falls Elk Falls is a city in Elk County, Kansas, Elk County, Kansas, United States, along the Elk River (Kansas), Elk River. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 113. History The first European-American ho ...
, Longton and Elk City. It joins the Verdigris River at the northern edge of the city of Independence. Between Elk City and Independence, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam causes the river to form Elk City Lake. A
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and federal lands along the lake offer recreation, including three
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s. The
Elk River Archeological District The Elk River Archeological District is a historic district in Elk County, Kansas and Montgomery County, Kansas which includes 69 contributing sites. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Histo ...
is a area in Elk and Montgomery counties, presumably in the Elk River watershed, which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978.


Stream course


See also

* List of Kansas rivers


References


External links

* * * Rivers of Kansas Rivers of Elk County, Kansas Rivers of Montgomery County, Kansas Rivers of Butler County, Kansas Rivers of Greenwood County, Kansas {{Kansas-river-stub