Hobo Branch

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Hobo Branch is a stream in Crawford County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Blue Springs Creek within the Blue Springs Creek Conservation Area.

The stream headwaters arise at 38°05′48″N91°11′58″W / 38.09667°N 91.19944°W / 38.09667; -91.19944 and it flows to the northeast passing under Missouri Route N just south of its confluence with Blue Springs Creek at 38°06′56″N91°10′55″W / 38.11556°N 91.18194°W / 38.11556; -91.18194 . The confluence is at an elevation of 636 ft (194 m) [1] and located about four miles southeast of Bourbon. [2]

Hobo Branch took its name from a nearby mine, the Hobo Sulphur and Iron Mines, where it was claimed hoboes worked. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hobo Branch
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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