Lick Branch (McKenzie Creek tributary)

Lick Branch is a stream in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of McKenzie Creek.

The stream headwaters arise south of Missouri Route AA at 37°10′42″N 90°43′27″W / 37.17833°N 90.72417°W / 37.17833; -90.72417 and the stream flows south to its confluence with McKenzie Creek at 37°08′27″N 90°42′22″W / 37.14083°N 90.70611°W / 37.14083; -90.70611 just southwest of the city of Piedmont.[1][2]

Lick Branch was so named on account of a mineral lick near its course.[3]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Branch (McKenzie Creek tributary)
  2. ^ Piedmont, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (1985 rev.)
  3. ^ "Wayne County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.

37°08′27″N 90°42′22″W / 37.1408836°N 90.7062307°W / 37.1408836; -90.7062307