title: Dry Wood Creek
text: # Dry Wood Creek
  
  Dry Wood Creek is a stream in Bourbon County, Kansas and Vernon County, Missouri. It is a tributary of the Marmaton River. The confluence is approximately 1.5 miles northeast of Deerfield.
  
  Dry Wood Creek was named for the dried-out wood that burned there during a period of drought, according to local history.
  
  The Battle of Dry Wood Creek was fought on the Missouri side in 1861.
  
  