Silver 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 southwestern Randolph County and the southeast corner of

Chariton County Chariton County is a county located in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,408. Its county seat is Keytesville. The county was organized November 16, 1820, from part of Howard ...

in north central Missouri. It is a tributary of the

East Fork Little Chariton River East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

with the

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in Chariton County. The headwaters of Silver Creek are just northwest of Higbee. The source is at and the confluence is at . Silver Creek was so named because of its clean water.

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Rivers of Chariton County, Missouri Rivers of Randolph County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{Missouri-river-stub

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