McKenzie 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
Wayne County in the
U.S. state of
Missouri.
It is a tributary of the
Black River.
The stream
headwaters arise in the northwest corner of Wayne County at .
[ The stream flows generally south crossing under and flowing parallel to ]Missouri Route 49
Route 49 is a highway in eastern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at Route 19 in Cherryville; is southern terminus is at U.S. Route 67 five miles (8 km) east of Williamsville.
The highway runs through the eastern part of the Ozarks and ...
and under Missouri Route 34
Route 34 is a highway in southeastern Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at the Illinois state line on the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau ( , french: Cap-Girardeau ; colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Gir ...
past Piedmont and on 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 the Black River at .[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56, ]
McKenzie Creek has the name of a pioneer citizen.
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Wayne County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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