Mahans Creek is a
stream
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in southeastern
Shannon County in the
Ozarks of southern
Missouri.
It is a tributary of
Jacks Fork.
The stream
headwaters are at and the
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 the Jacks Fork is at .
[ The stream source area is northwest of ]Winona Winona, Wynona or Wynonna may refer to:
Places Canada
* Winona, Ontario
United States
* Winona, Arizona
* Winona, Indiana
* Winona Lake, Indiana
* Winona, Kansas
* Winona, Michigan
* Winona County, Minnesota
** Winona, Minnesota, the seat of Wi ...
and it flows north along Missouri Route E
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 additi ...
past the community of Delaware. It then turns to the northeast and passes under Missouri Route 106 and joins the Jacks Fork just northwest of Eminence
Eminence may refer to:
Places
* Eminence, Arkansas, a place in Arkansas, U.S.
* Eminence, Indiana, U.S.
* Eminence, Kansas, U.S.
* Eminence, Kentucky, U.S.
* Eminence, Mississippi, in Covington County, Mississippi, U.S.
* Eminence, Missouri, ...
.
A variant name was "Manans Creek".[ Also spelled "Mahon Creek", the creek has the name of the local Mahon family.]
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Shannon County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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