The Chariton River is a 280-mile long tributary to the Missouri River in southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ...
It has been called Missouri's "Grand Divide" because streams west of the Chariton flow into the Missouri and streams east of it flow into the Mississippi River.[1] The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest named river in North America, with a length of 2320 miles (3733 km) from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. ...
The river is believed to have been named for Joseph Chorette who accompanied French Jean Baptiste Trudeau expedition up the Missouri in 1795 and drown while swimming in it. Variations of the name are Choret, Care and Carrette.[2]
The river forms in southeastern Clarke County, Iowa. It is damed at 11,000-acre Rathbun Reservoir in Appanoose County, Iowa and then flows 30 miles before entering Missouri where it forms the boundary between Putnam County, Missouri and Schuyler County, Missouri. It enters the Missouri at Chariton County, Missouri below Keytesville, Missouri. Clarke County is a county located in the state of Iowa. ... Appanoose County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. ... Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. ... Schuyler County is a county located in the state of Missouri. ... Chariton County is a county located in the state of Missouri. ... Keytesville is a city located in Chariton County, Missouri. ...
112 miles are in Missouri and 168 miles are in Iowa [3]
Major tributaries are Mussel Fork Creek and Shoal Creek. Because of extensive channeling the Little Chariton River, formerly a tributary, now flows directly into the Missouri about a mile from the main branch.
It is bounded on the north by Brunswick and Keytesville Townships, on the east by Keytesville Township, on the south by Missouri Township and on the west by the Missouri River and Brunswick Township.
Cunningham Township is in the northwest corner of the county and is bounded on the east by Yellow Creek Township, on the south by Mendon and Triplett Townships and on the west by Carroll County.
Missouri Township is the smallest township in the county...Bowling Green and Keytesville Townships are to the north, Chariton Township to the east, Saline County on the south and west...Judge Jas.
Schuyler County is the third county west of the Mississippi River, on the northern tier of counties, in the State of Missouri.
It is bounded on the north by parts of Appanoose and Davis County, Iowa; on the east by Scotland County; on the south by Adair, and on the west by the CharitonRiver, which separates it from Putnam County...
Glenwood Township is bounded on the north by Chariton Township, east by Liberty, south by the township line between townships 65 and 66 North, and west by the CharitonRiver.
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