Mill Creek is a

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in Morgan County in the

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. It is a tributary to the

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arm of the

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. The stream headwaters arise at just northeast of

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at an elevation of approximately . The stream meanders northeast and east passing under

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and enters the Lake of the Ozarks at at an elevation of . Previous to the impoundment of the lake the confluence of Mill Creek with Gravois Creek was located 2.3 miles to the northeast at and an elevation of and about one mile north of the community of

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. Mill Creek was so named on account of

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s near its course.

References

Rivers of Morgan County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{MorganCountyMO-geo-stub

See also

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