Shiloh Branch is a stream in Bourbon County, Kansas and Vernon County, Missouri.[1] The stream is a tributary to the Marmaton River.

The headwaters arise in Kansas northeast of the community of Hammond[2] at 37°57′15″N 94°40′21″W / 37.95417°N 94.67250°W / 37.95417; -94.67250 and the confluence with the Marmaton in Missouri is about three miles southwest of Richards[3] at 37°51′47″N 94°35′11″W / 37.86306°N 94.58639°W / 37.86306; -94.58639.[1]

The creek was named after the ancient city of Shiloh.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shiloh Creek
  2. ↑ Hammond, Kansas, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1958 (revised 1978)
  3. ↑ Richards, Mo-Ks, and Deerfield, Mo-Ks, 7.5 Minute Topographical Quadrangles, USGS, 1991
  4. ↑ Lyman, Clifford (16 July 1976). "Names' Past Cloudy". Fort Scott Tribune. pp. 13B. Retrieved 22 April 2015.



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