Peola Branch

Peola Branch is a stream in Reynolds County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Black River.[2]

Peola Branch most likely is a corruption of "Peoria".[3]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peola Branch
  2. "Reynolds County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  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 fro Peoria is Peola Branch...


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