Coordinates: 36.693113°N 91.

033184°W

Pigeon Creek (South Fork Buffalo Creek

tributary)
Pigeon Creek is a stream in Ripley County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of South Fork
Buffalo Creek.

Pigeon Creek, historically called "Pigeon Branch", was so named on account of the abundance of wild
pigeons in the area.[2]

See also
List of rivers of Missouri

References
1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pigeon Creek (South Fork
Buffalo Creek tributary) (https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:751578)
2. "Ripley County Place Names, 1928–1945" (http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_riple
y.html). The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/201606
24071854/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ripley.html) from the original on June
24, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.

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