Parched Corn Creek or Parched Corn Hollow is a

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valley in

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and Greene counties in the Ozarks of southwest

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. It is a tributary of Finley Creek. The stream headwaters in southeastern Greene County are at and the

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with Finley Creek in Ozark County is at . The source area for the stream is in the southeast corner of Greene County and it flows to the southwest into Christian County and crosses under

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. It continues on southwest to join the Finley about halfway between Linden and Ozark. According to oral etymology, Parched Corn Creek was so named as it was typically as dry as parched corn.

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Rivers of Christian County, Missouri Rivers of Greene County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{Missouri-river-stub

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