Bee Branch (South Fork Blackwater River tributary)

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Bee Branch is a stream in Johnson and Pettis counties of the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of South Fork Blackwater River.

Bee Branch was so named on account of honeybees near its course. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bee Branch (South Fork Blackwater River tributary)
  2. "Pettis County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.

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