Race 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 western
Washington County in the
U.S. state of
Missouri.
It is a tributary to
Allen Branch.
The stream headwaters arise at . The stream flows east along the south side of
Missouri Route 8
Route 8 is a state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. It travels from Interstate 44 (I-44) in St. James to U.S. Route 67 (US 67) and US 67 Business in Desloge. It acts as a bypass, from I-44 in St. James, t ...
for approximately one mile then turns northeast crossing under Route 8 to its confluence with Allen Branch just north of the community of
Shirley, Missouri at .
[
Race Creek was named for an old mill race along its course.]
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Washington County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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