Mission Branch

Mission Branch is a stream in Bates County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Sycamore Branch. The stream headwaters are at 38°08′54″N 94°12′47″W and the stream flows to the southwest to its confluence with Sycamore Branch at 38°05′16″N 94°15′44″W within the floodplain of the Marais des Cygnes River.[1][2][3]

Mission Branch took its name from an Indian mission near its banks.[4]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mission Branch
  2. Rich Hill, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1991
  3. Pleasant Gap, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1961 (1979 ed)
  4. "Bates County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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