Wills Branch is a stream in Madison and St. Francois counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Little St. Francis River.[2]
The stream headwaters arise in St. Francois County at 37°42′08″N 90°20′46″W / 37.70222°N 90.34611°W[1] at an elevation of approximately 1,060 ft (320 m). The stream flows south-southeast passing under Missouri Route DD two miles northeast of Knob Lick. It is impounded as Nims Lake on the St Francois-Madison county line and enters the Little St. Francis River in Madison County approximately three-quarters of a mile southeast of the Nims Lake dam.[2] The confluence is at 37°37′46″N 90°19′08″W / 37.62944°N 90.31889°W at an elevation of 764 ft (233 m).[1]
Wills Branch has the name of a black settler in the area.[3]
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edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wills Branch
- ^ a b Knob Lick, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
- ^ "St. Francois County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
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