Sloan Creek is a stream in eastern Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary to the Mississippi River.

The stream headwaters arise in north Cape Girardeau at 37°20′48″N 89°32′10″W / 37.34667°N 89.53611°W / 37.34667; -89.53611 and it flows southeasterly approximately 2.5 miles through northeast Cape Girardeau to enter the Mississippi due east of Southeast Missouri State College at 37°18′53″N 89°30′48″W / 37.31472°N 89.51333°W / 37.31472; -89.51333.[2]

The stream was named after the owner of a local mill.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sloan Creek (Missouri)
  2. ↑ Cape Girardeau, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangele, USGS, 1967 (1978 rev.)
  3. ↑ "Out of the Past". The Southeast Missourian. Mar 14, 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 23 May 2015.



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