Hickory Creek is a
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
in
Daviess and
Grundy counties of the
U.S. state of
Missouri
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.
It is a tributary of the
Thompson River.
The stream headwaters arise in Daviess County approximately 1.5 miles northeast of
Jamesport adjacent to
Missouri Route 6. The stream flows to the northeast and north parallel to the county line and turns to the southeast as it enters Grundy County. It flows past the community of
Hickory Creek and enters the Thompson River about one mile north of the Grundy-
Livingston
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county line. The headwaters are at and the
confluence
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with the Thompson is at .
[
Hickory Creek was named for the hickory timber lining its course.]
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Daviess County, Missouri
Rivers of Grundy County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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