Mikes Creek

Mikes Creek is a stream in Barry and McDonald counties of the Ozarks of southwestern Missouri.

The headwaters are in western Barry County at 36.72278°N, -94.05778°W and the confluence with Big Sugar Creek is in McDonald County at 36.62417°N, -94.18667°W. The source of the stream is in western Barry County to the southeast of Rocky Comfort in northeast McDonald County. The stream flows southwest paralleling Missouri Route U then turns west to its confluence just northwest of Powell. Some say Mike's Creek was named after an elderly settler named Mike, while others believe the name is a corruption of Michael, the surname of Phillip Michael, a pioneer citizen.