Mill Creek (Morgan County, Missouri) facts for kids

Mill Creek is a stream in Morgan County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary to the Gravois Creek arm of the Lake of the Ozarks.

The stream headwaters arise at 38°14′23″N 92°53′10″W / 38.23972°N 92.88611°W / 38.23972; -92.88611 just northeast of Missouri Route 135 at an elevation of approximately 920 ft (280 m). The stream meanders northeast and east passing under Missouri Route 5 and enters the Lake of the Ozarks at 38°14′37″N 92°48′02″W / 38.24361°N 92.80056°W / 38.24361; -92.80056 at an elevation of 663 ft (202 m). Previous to the impoundment of the lake the confluence of Mill Creek with Gravois Creek was located 2.3 miles to the northeast at 38°15′32″N 92°45′15″W / 38.25889°N 92.75417°W / 38.25889; -92.75417 and an elevation of 620 ft (190 m) and about one mile north of the community of Gladstone.

Mill Creek was so named on account of watermills near its course.