Hickory Creek (Shoal Creek tributary)

Hickory Creek is a stream in Newton County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Shoal Creek.

The stream headwaters arise at at an elevation of approximately 1265 feetStella, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1972 and the stream flows generally west past the communities of Monark Springs and Aroma before passing under U.S. Route 60. The stream continues northwest past the northeast side of Neosho to its confluence with Shoal Creek just north of NeoshoNeosho East, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1972 (1984 rev.) at at an elevation of 981 feet.

Hickory Creek was so named due to the presence of hickory timber in the area.

See also List of rivers of Missouri

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