Coordinates: 37°08′27″N 90°42′22″W / 37.1408836°N 90.7062307°W / 37.1408836; -90.7062307

Lick Branch (McKenzie Creek tributary)

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Lick Branch is a stream in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of McKenzie Creek. The stream headwaters arise south of Missouri Route AA at 37°10′42″N 90°43′27″W / 37.17833°N 90.72417°W / 37.17833; -90.72417 and the stream flows south to its confluence with McKenzie Creek at 37°08′27″N 90°42′22″W / 37.14083°N 90.70611°W / 37.14083; -90.70611 just southwest of the city of Piedmont.[1][2] Lick Branch was so named on account of a mineral lick near its course.[3]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Branch (McKenzie Creek tributary)
  2. Piedmont, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (1985 rev.)
  3. "Wayne County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.

37°08′27″N 90°42′22″W / 37.1408836°N 90.7062307°W / 37.1408836; -90.7062307