No Business Branch

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No Business Branch is a stream in the U.S. state of Kentucky. [1] It is a two-mile long tributary of the Rockcastle River in southwestern Laurel County, Kentucky. [2]

No Business Branch was so named by moonshiners as a warning to would-be visitors they had "no business" being there. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: No Business Branch
  2. 1 2 Rennick, Robert M. (5 December 2013). From Red Hot to Monkey's Eyebrow: Unusual Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 40. ISBN   978-0-8131-4614-0.

37°00′06″N84°18′51″W / 37.0017496°N 84.3141024°W / 37.0017496; -84.3141024


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