Hog Branch

Hog Branch is a stream in Bates County, Missouri and Linn County, Kansas.[1] It is a tributary of Mulberry Creek.

The stream headwaters are in eastern Linn County, Kansas, just west of the Missouri-Kansas border at 38°18′05″N 94°36′49″W / 38.30139°N 94.61361°W / 38.30139; -94.61361 and it flows southeast into Bates County, Missouri. The stream flows southeast to its confluence with Mulberry Creek about 1.5 miles northeast of Amoret at 38°16′08″N 94°33′52″W / 38.26889°N 94.56444°W / 38.26889; -94.56444Coordinates: 38°16′08″N 94°33′52″W / 38.26889°N 94.56444°W / 38.26889; -94.56444.[1][2]

Hog Branch was named for the hogs along its course.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hog Branch
  2. ↑ Amoret, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1961 (1976 rev.)
  3. ↑ "Bates County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.


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