Kelley Branch

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Kelley Branch is a stream in northern Boone County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Silver Fork. [2]

The stream headwaters arise just northeast of Hallsville [3] at 39°07′11″N92°12′40″W / 39.11972°N 92.21111°W / 39.11972; -92.21111 and the stream flows generally west to its confluence with Silver Fork just east of US Route 63 approximately 12 miles north of Columbia [2] at 39°07′53″N92°19′15″W / 39.13139°N 92.32083°W / 39.13139; -92.32083 . [1]

Kelley Branch has the name of the local Kelley family of settlers. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kelley Branch
  2. 1 2 Sturgeon, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1969
  3. ↑ Hallsville, MO 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1969
  4. ↑ "Boone County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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