Turnback Creek is a stream in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri.
[1] The stream headwaters are in western Christian County just southwest of Billings.
In Dade County the stream flows generally north and enters the Sac River arm of Stockton Lake at U.S. Route 160 east of Greenfield.
[1] Turnback Creek was named from an incident in the 1830s when a group of pioneers "turned back" and headed back east due to harsh winter weather.
[3] Dilday Mill was formerly located on Turnback Creek.