Kelley Branch Explained

Kelley Branch is a stream in northern Boone County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Silver Fork.[1]

The stream headwaters arise just northeast of Hallsville[2] at 39.1197°N -92.2111°W and the stream flows generally west to its confluence with Silver Fork just east of US Route 63 approximately 12 miles north of Columbia[1] at 39.1314°N -92.3208°W.

Kelley Branch has the name of the local Kelley family of settlers.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Sturgeon, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1969
  2. Hallsville, MO 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1969
  3. Web site: Boone County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 4 September 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071013/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_boone.html . 24 June 2016 .