West Piney Creek also known as the Little Piney River is a stream in Texas County in the

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of south central

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. It is a tributary to the Big Piney River.''Bucyrus, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1987 The stream

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arise at at an elevation of 1460 feet approximately four miles northwest of Cabool. The stream flows generally to the northeast past the communities of Bado and

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to its

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with the Big Piney River two miles west of

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at and an elevation of 997 feet. The confluence is within the ''Piney River Narrows State Natural Area''. The stream was named "West Piney" due to the fact that it enters the west side of the Big Piney.''Texas County Place Names, 1928-1945'', The State Historical Society of Missouri
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