Sandy 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 Jefferson County in the

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. It is a tributary of

Joachim Creek Joachim Creek is a stream in Jefferson and St. Francois counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary to the Mississippi River. The stream headwaters arise in northern St. Francois County southeast of Halifax and it flows north rough ...

which it enters just south of Pevely adjacent to

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.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer'', DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, pp. 48-49 The stream flows through the

Sandy Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site Sandy Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site is a publicly owned property in Jefferson County, Missouri, administered by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, preserving the Sandy Creek Covered Bridge. The bridge is one of four remaini ...

where it is crossed by the Sandy Creek Covered Bridge. Sandy Creek was named for the sandy character of the creek bed.

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Rivers of Jefferson County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{JeffersonCountyMO-geo-stub

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