Peola Branch is a stream in Reynolds County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Black River. The confluence with the Black is approximately 2.5 miles south of Lesterville.[2]

Peola Branch most likely is a corruption of "Peoria".[3][4]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peola Branch
  2. ^ Lesterville, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (1977 rev.)
  3. ^ Callary, Edward (2000). Place Names in the Midwestern United States. Edwin Mellen Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-7734-7723-0. A variation almost certainly derived from Peoria is Peola Branch...
  4. ^ "Reynolds County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

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