Wills Branch

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Wills Branch is a stream in Madison and St. Francois counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Little St. Francis River. [2]

The stream headwaters arise in St. Francois County at 37°42′08″N90°20′46″W / 37.70222°N 90.34611°W / 37.70222; -90.34611 [1] at an elevation of approximately 1,060 ft (320 m). The stream flows south-southeast passing under Missouri Route DD two miles northeast of Knob Lick. It is impounded as Nims Lake on the St Francois-Madison county line and enters the Little St. Francis River in Madison County approximately three-quarters of a mile southeast of the Nims Lake dam. [2] The confluence is at 37°37′46″N90°19′08″W / 37.62944°N 90.31889°W / 37.62944; -90.31889 at an elevation of 764 ft (233 m). [1]

Wills Branch has the name of a black settler in the area. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wills Branch
  2. 1 2 Knob Lick, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
  3. ↑ "St. Francois County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
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