Mikes Creek


Mikes Creek is a stream in Barry and McDonald counties of the Ozarks of southwestern Missouri.
The headwaters are in western Barry County at and the confluence with Big Sugar Creek is in McDonald County at. The source of the stream is in western Barry County to the southeast of Rocky Comfort in northeast McDonald County. The stream flows southwest paralleling Missouri Route U then turns west to its confluence just northwest of Powell.
Some say Mike's Creek was named after an elderly settler named Mike, while others believe the name is a corruption of Michael, the surname of Phillip Michael, a pioneer citizen.