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Stream in the American state of Missouri

Peola Branch is a stream in Reynolds County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Black River. The confluence with the Black is approximately 2.5 miles south of Lesterville.

Peola Branch most likely is a corruption of "Peoria".

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peola Branch
  2. Lesterville, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (1977 rev.)
  3. 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...
  4. "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 / 37.4172705; -90.8298440


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