Possum Creek is a smallstream in northernPolk County, Missouri, United States.[1] Its source coordinates are37°48′00″N93°18′02″W / 37.80000°N 93.30056°W /37.80000; -93.30056, and itsconfluence coordinates are37°48′01″N93°21′58″W / 37.80028°N 93.36611°W /37.80028; -93.36611.[1]
It is a tributary of thePomme de Terre River entering the south end ofPomme de Terre Lake. The stream headwaters are just west of the village ofSentinel and its mouth on the lake nearAdonis is just three miles west.[2]
A variant name was "Opossum Creek".[1] The creek was so named on account of opossums in the area.[3]
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