Double Branch is a stream in Bates County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary to the Marais des Cygnes River.

The stream headwaters arise just north of Missouri Route 52 about six miles east-southeast of Butler[2] and the stream flows under Route 52 to the south-southwest. The stream joins the Marais des Cygnes River at the He Bend four miles northeast of Rich Hill.[3][4]

The headwaters are at 38°12′47″N 94°12′13″W / 38.21306°N 94.20361°W / 38.21306; -94.20361 and the confluence is at 38°06′59″N 94°17′40″W / 38.11639°N 94.29444°W / 38.11639; -94.29444.[1]

Double Branch was named for the fact its watercourse has two branches.[5]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Double Branch
  2. ^ Pleasant Gap, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1961 (1979 ed.)
  3. ^ Rich Hill, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1955
  4. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 40 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  5. ^ "Bates County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)