Joplin Creek is a stream in Jasper County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Turkey Creek.
The stream flows northwest through part of downtown Joplin to its confluence with Turkey Creek in the north part of the city. Joplin West, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1962 (1979 rev.)
Joplin Creek has the name of Rev. Harris G. Joplin, a pioneer settler.
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