Crooked Creek (Bear Creek tributary)
# Crooked Creek (Bear Creek tributary)

Crooked Creek is a stream in Ralls County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Bear Creek.

The stream headwaters arise east of Missouri Route HH at 39°40′00″N 91°28′59″W﻿ / ﻿39.66667°N 91.48306°W﻿ / 39.66667; -91.48306 at an elevation of approximately 735 feet. The stream flows east crossing under Route HH and then turns to the north again passing under Route HH. It continues to the north-northeast to its confluence with Bear Creek less than 500 feet south of the Ralls-Marion county line at 39°41′02″N 91°26′41″W﻿ / ﻿39.68389°N 91.44472°W﻿ / 39.68389; -91.44472 and an elevation of 551 feet.

Crooked Creek was so named on account of frequent meanders on its course.

