Peola Branch
Peola Branch is a stream in Reynolds County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Black River. The confluence with the Black is approximately 2.5 miles south of Lesterville.[2]
Peola Branch most likely is a corruption of "Peoria".[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peola Branch
- ^ Lesterville, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (1977 rev.)
- ^ Callary, Edward (2000). Place Names in the Midwestern United States. Edwin Mellen Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-7734-7723-0.
A variation almost certainly derived from Peoria is Peola Branch...
- ^ "Reynolds County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
37°25′02″N 90°49′47″W / 37.4172705°N 90.8298440°W
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