Plattin Creek

{{Short description|Stream in the US state of Missouri}}

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Plattin Creek is a stream in northeastern St. Francois and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|756537}} It is a tributary of the Mississippi River.Selma, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1993

The headwaters arise in St. Francois County at {{coord|37|59|00|N|90|22|18|W|display=inline}} and it flows to the north past the community of Koester to enter Jefferson County. It continues to the north passing the community of Plattin and passing under US Route 61 and I-55 at the south edge of Festus. The stream veers to the east and enters the Mississippi southeast of Crystal City at {{coord|38|12|55|N|90|21|35|W|display=inline,title}} at an elevation of 390 feet.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p.49 {{isbn|0899332242}}

Plattin Creek most likely derives its name from nearby La Platte Mine.{{cite web| url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_jefferson.html| title=Jefferson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=19 October 2016| url-status=bot: unknown| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071321/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_jefferson.html| archivedate=24 June 2016}}