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 / 38.14833°N 94.21306°W and the stream flows to the southwest to its confluence with Sycamore Branch at 38°05′16″N 94°15′44″W / 38.08778°N 94.26222°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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mission Branch
- ^ Rich Hill, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1991
- ^ Pleasant Gap, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1961 (1979 ed)
- ^ "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.
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