Fox Creek (Bryant Creek)
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Fox Creek is a south flowing stream in
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and
Wright Wright is an occupational surname originating in England. The term 'Wright' comes from the circa 700 AD Old English word 'wryhta' or 'wyrhta', meaning worker or shaper of wood. Later it became any occupational worker (for example, a shipwright is ...
counties of the southern
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. It is a tributary to
Bryant Creek Bryant Creek (also known as Bryant River) is a stream in the Ozarks of Missouri. Bryant Creek has headwaters just west of Lead Hill and southeast Cedar Gap in southwestern Wright County and flows in a southeasterly direction through Douglas Cou ...
. The stream source is about three quarters of a mile east of
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just southeast of the town of Norwood in southern Wright County. The stream flows in a
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ing southerly direction past Denlow on
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; east of
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; just west of Gentryville on
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; and
Bertha Bertha is a female Germanic name, from Old High German ''berhta'' meaning "bright one". It was usually a short form of Anglo Saxon names ''Beorhtgifu'' meaning "bright gift" or ''Beorhtwynn'' meaning "bright joy". The name occurs as a theonym, s ...
to its confluence with
Bryant Creek Bryant Creek (also known as Bryant River) is a stream in the Ozarks of Missouri. Bryant Creek has headwaters just west of Lead Hill and southeast Cedar Gap in southwestern Wright County and flows in a southeasterly direction through Douglas Cou ...
just south of Bertha.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, The elevation of the confluence is .


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