title: Hunter Creek (St. Francis River tributary)
text: # Hunter Creek (St. Francis River tributary)
  
  Hunter Creek is a stream in northwest Wayne County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the St. Francis River.
  
  The stream headwaters arise at 37°15′10″N 90°23′46″W﻿ / ﻿37.25278°N 90.39611°W﻿ / 37.25278; -90.39611 and it flows northwest and then west to its confluence with the St. Francis at 37°15′51″N 90°27′20″W﻿ / ﻿37.26417°N 90.45556°W﻿ / 37.26417; -90.45556. Just east of the confluence the stream crosses under US Route 67 north of the community of Lodi.
  
  Hunter Creek is named for John Hunter, an early citizen.
  
  