Kentucky Hollow is a stream valley in northeastern Taney County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.[1] The stream is a northwest flowing tributary to Beaver Creek. Its confluence with Beaver is 1.5 miles east of Bradleyville. The stream is bridged by Missouri Route 76 about one half mile south of the confluence.[2] The stream is within the Mark Twain National Forest.[3]
Source coordinates are: 36°44′52″N 92°51′43″W / 36.74778°N 92.86194°W; mouth coordinates are: 36°46′54″N 92°52′53″W / 36.78167°N 92.88139°W.[1]
Kentucky Hollow was named for the fact a large share of the first settlers were natives of Kentucky.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kentucky Hollow
- ^ Bradleyville, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quad, USGS, 2004
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62-63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
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