Horseshoe 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 Jackson and Lafayette counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of

Sni-A-Bar Creek Sni-A-Bar Creek () is a stream in Jackson and Lafayette counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Missouri River. The stream headwaters arise in southwest Lafayette County at and the stream flows southwest into Jackson Cou ...

. The stream headwaters arise in western Lafayette County adjacent to

Missouri Route TT A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in additio ...

at . The stream initially flows to the southeast then makes a broad "horseshoe turn" to continue north roughly parallel to the Lafayette-Jackson county line. The stream flows between Oak Grove and Bates City and passes under Interstate 70. The stream veers west and enters Jackson County prior to its

confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...

with Sni-A-Bar Creek about two miles north of I-70 at . Horseshoe was so named for the fact its many meanders evokes a horseshoe shape.

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Rivers of Jackson County, Missouri Rivers of Lafayette County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{Missouri-river-stub

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