Blue Branch, Missouri

Blue Branch, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Blue Branch, Missouri
Coordinates: 38°14′08″N 93°21′26″W / 38.23556°N 93.35722°W / 38.23556; -93.35722Coordinates: 38°14′08″N 93°21′26″W / 38.23556°N 93.35722°W / 38.23556; -93.35722
Country United States
State Missouri
County Benton
Elevation 725 ft (221 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 660
GNIS feature ID 714394[1]

Blue Branch is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Missouri, United States. Blue Branch is located across the Osage River from Warsaw, near U.S. Route 65.[2]

The namesake Blue Branch creek most likely was descriptively named for the quality of its water.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Blue Branch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Benton County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Benton County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.


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