Limpy Creek

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of Limpy Creek in Oregon

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| subdivision_name2 = Oregon

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| subdivision_name4 = Douglas

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| source1 = Limpy Mountain

| source1_location = Umpqua National Forest

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|43|14|38|N|122|41|12|W|display=inline}}{{cite web|title = Limpy Creek| work = Geographic Names Information System |url = {{gnis3|1145029}}|publisher = United States Geological Survey (USGS)|date = November 28, 1980|accessdate = November 5, 2015}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|3300|ft|abbr=on}}Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.

| mouth = North Umpqua River

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Limpy Creek is a tributary of the North Umpqua River in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Limpy Creek was named for a local Native American who walked with a limp.{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|title=Native American Placenames of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA252|year=2004|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4|page=252}} Oregon Geographic Names says that Limpy Creek, Limpy Prairie, and other natural features in the area are all named for the same man, who lived along the Little River,{{cite book | last = McArthur | first = Lewis A. |author2=McArthur, Lewis L. | title = Oregon Geographic Names|edition=7th| publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press | year = 2003 |origyear=1928| location = Portland, Oregon | page = 578 | isbn = 0-87595-277-1}} another tributary of the North Umpqua River.

There is another Limpy Creek, which is a tributary of the Rogue River, in Josephine County, Oregon.