Marble Creek | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Iron and Madison |
Mouth: | St. Francis River |
Mouth Location: | Just east of French Mills, Madison County |
Mouth Coordinates: | 37.4486°N -90.4783°W |
Marble Creek is a stream in Iron and Madison Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the St. Francis River.
The stream headwaters arise in Iron County southwest of Arcadia at 37.5469°N -90.6619°W and it flows southeast and then east to its confluence with the St. Francis in Madison County just east of French Mills at 37.4486°N -90.4783°W.[1]
Marble Creek was so named because the limestone in the stream bed had the appearance of marble.[2]