Grounds Creek also known as Grounder Creek is a
stream
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in northwest
Bollinger and eastern
Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
Place names
* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
counties in the
U.S. state of
Missouri.
It is a tributary of the
Castor River.
The stream
headwaters arise in Bollinger County just south of
Missouri Route 72
Route 72 is a highway in southern Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at Route 34 west of Jackson; its western terminus is at I-44 in Rolla.
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and it flows to the southwest into Madison County to enter the Castor River after passing under
Missouri Route V and about 3.5 miles north of
Marquand. The source is at and the confluence is at .
[
Grounds Creek has the name of a family of early settlers.]
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Bollinger County, Missouri
Rivers of Madison County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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