Mission Creek (Kansas)
Mission Creek is a water body west of Topeka, Kansas, United States. The 30-mile-long (48 km)[1] tributary of the Kansas River goes through Wabaunsee County (where it begins) and Shawnee County, Kansas (passing to the west of Topeka in its run to the Kansas). Mission Creek was named for a Kaw mission near the banks.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data". The National Map. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
- ^ History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p. 531.
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mission Creek
- William E. Unrau; H. Craig Miner; R. David Edmunds (January 1986). The Kansa Indians: A History of the Wind People, 1673-1873 (The Civilization of the American Indian Series ; V. 114). University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806119656.
39°03′52″N 95°50′06″W / 39.06444°N 95.83500°W / 39.06444; -95.83500 (Mission Creek)
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