Henderson Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Mississippi River, which it joins in Henderson County, Illinois, near the villages of Gladstone and Oquawka.

Henderson Creek rises in Knox County northwest of Wataga and flows west. South Henderson Creek joins the stream in eastern Warren County, and Middle Henderson Creek joins farther west in Warren County. The creek continues west, entering Henderson County, where it receives North Henderson Creek and Cedar Creek. Approximately downstream, Henderson Creek breaks through the bluffs forming the edge of the Mississippi River valley and proceeds farther southwest, running parallel to the Mississippi and collecting several small streams running off the bluffs, including Fall Creek and Jinks Creek.

Cities, towns and counties The following cities, towns and villages are drained by Henderson Creek: Alexis Biggsville Galesburg Gladstone Henderson Kirkwood Little York Monmouth North Henderson Rio Seaton

The following counties are at least partly in the Henderson Creek basin: Henderson Knox Mercer Warren

Parks and entry points Big River State Forest near Oquawka Oquawka State Wildlife Refuge

See also List of Illinois rivers

References

External links Prairie Rivers USGS real-time Stream Gage, Henderson Creek at Oquakwa USEPA TMDL's Henderson Creek