Tabor 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
Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
*Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
*Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil W ...
and
Howell counties in the
Ozarks of southern
Missouri.
The stream source area is located about six miles northwest of
West Plains
West Plains is a city in, and the county seat of Howell County, Missouri, United States. The population was 12,184 at the 2020 census.
History
The history of West Plains can be traced back to 1832, when settler Josiah Howell (after whom Howell ...
just north of
Missouri Route 14.
[ The stream flows southwest passing under Route 14 and on passing one mile south of the community of Grimmet. The stream then turns west and enters the Mark Twain National Forest and meanders west passing about one mile south of Siloam Springs. The stream turns northwest and enters the southeast corner of Douglas County and flows west to its ]confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...
with Spring Creek
A spring creek is a type of free flowing river whose name derives from its origin: an underground spring or set of springs which produces sufficient water to consistently feed a unique river. The water flowing in a spring creek may additionally be ...
about one half mile north of the Spring Creek's confluence with the North Fork River.[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64, ]
The stream was named for the Tabor family who moved into the area from Kentucky before the Civil War.''Howell County Place Names, 1928-1945,'' The State Historical Society Of Missouri.
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References
Rivers of Douglas County, Missouri
Rivers of Howell County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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