Rum Branch, Missouri

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Rum Branch is an unincorporated community in Cape Girardeau County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

According to tradition, nearby Rum Branch creek was named for an incident when a bootlegger's rum was dumped in its waters. [2]

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References

  1. "Rum Branch". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  2. "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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