Rum Branch, Missouri
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Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
Rum Branch is an unincorporated community in Cape Girardeau County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
According to tradition, nearby Rum Branch creek was named for an incident when a bootlegger's rum was dumped in its waters.[2]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Rum Branch". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved January 18, 2024.
- ^ "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
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37°09′27′′N 89°51′09′′W / 37.15750°N 89.85250°W / 37.15750; -89.85250
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