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Jones Creek is a stream in Jasper and Newton counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Center Creek.

The stream headwaters arise in Newton County at 36°58′44″N 94°10′41″W[1] at an elevation of about 1260 feet.[2] The stream flows to the northwest passing the communities of Pepsin and Parshley. It passes under I-44 and gains the tributary of Jenkins Creek. Its confluence with Center Creek is just east of U.S. Route 71 approximately three miles south of Carthage in Jasper County[3] at 37°06′19″N 94°18′33″W at an elevation of 955 feet.[1]

Jones Creek has the name of the local Jones family.[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

References

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