Hunter 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 Douglas County,

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. It is a tributary of

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 ...

. Hunter Creek headwaters arise north of Ava along the south of a ridge and

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. The stream flows southeast along State Route FF and is further fed by Turkey Creek from the north, Wildcat Creek from the southwest and the springwaters of the

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hatchery at Crystal Springs. The stream flows on to the east gaining the tributaries of Whites Creek and

Dicky Creek Dicky Creek (also spelled Dickey Creek) is a stream in Douglas County, Missouri. The stream originates on the south side of a ridge below Missouri State Highway 76 about 3.5 miles east of Ava and it flows south-southeast through a narrow valley ...

before joining

at Vera Cruz. The community of

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was located along Hunter Creek near Crystal Springs. Hunter Creek was named for the hunting activity there by pioneers.

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Rivers of Douglas County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{Missouri-river-stub

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