Nelson Branch is a
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
in
Dent County
Dent County is a county in Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,421. The largest city and county seat is Salem. The county was officially organized on February 10, 1851, and is named after state representative Lewis Dent, a pi ...
in the
U.S. state of
Missouri. It is a tributary to the
Meramec River which it joins approximately six miles northeast of
Salem
Salem may refer to: Places
Canada
Ontario
* Bruce County
** Salem, Arran–Elderslie, Ontario, in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie
** Salem, South Bruce, Ontario, in the municipality of South Bruce
* Salem, Dufferin County, Ontario, part ...
. The stream headwaters arise adjacent to
Missouri Route 19 three miles north of Salem and one mile south of the community of
Howes.
Nelson Branch has the name of the local Nelson family.
See also
*
List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Dent County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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