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Ashley Creek, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.

Ashley Creek is an unincorporated community in northeastern Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1] The community is located along South Ashley Creek, approximately 1.5 miles south of its confluence with North Ashley Creek to form Ashley Creek. The community is on a sharp meander of the stream and Ashley Creek church and cemetery are about one mile downstream.^[2] Montauk State Park on Pigeon Creek is about three miles to the north in Dent County.^[2]

History

A post office called Ashley Creek was established in 1936, and remained in operation until 1951.^[3] The community takes its name from nearby South Ashley Creek.

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ashley Creek, Missouri
^ ^a ^b Montauk, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1985 rev.)
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.