Cave Spring Branch

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Cave Spring Branch is a stream in eastern Dade County in southwest Missouri. [1]

The stream source is at 37°21′36″N93°41′32″W / 37.36000°N 93.69222°W / 37.36000; -93.69222 and the confluence with the Sac River is at 37°27′10″N93°42′51″W / 37.45278°N 93.71417°W / 37.45278; -93.71417 Coordinates: 37°27′10″N93°42′51″W / 37.45278°N 93.71417°W / 37.45278; -93.71417 . [1]

The stream source is about one mile northeast of Everton and it flows north to the east of and parallel to U.S. Route 160 until that route turns west. The stream passes under Missouri Route 245 and gains the flow from Cave Spring. The stream continues to the north-northwest entering the Sac River arm of Stockton Lake. [2]

A spring exiting a cave along the course of Cave Spring Branch accounts for the name. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cave Spring Branch
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 51, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. "Dade County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)