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Coordinates: 37°54′11″N 91°51′40″W / 37.90306°N 91.86111°W / 37.90306; -91.86111
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Beaver Creek is a stream in Phelps County, Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Little Piney Creek.

The stream headwaters arise in southern Phelps County approximately three miles north of the community of Lecoma in adjacent Dent County at 37°48′23″N 91°45′03″W / 37.80639°N 91.75083°W / 37.80639; -91.75083. The stream flows generally north for approximately three miles then turns westward to pass under US Route 63 about four miles south of Rolla. The stream flows to the west-northwest entering the Mark Twain National Forest and on to its confluence with Little Piney Creek approximately two miles east of Newburg at 37°54′11″N 91°51′40″W / 37.90306°N 91.86111°W / 37.90306; -91.86111.[2]

Beaver Creek received its name due to the numerous beaver dams observed along its course.[3]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vsmith/sandbox
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 46, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Phelps County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016.