Lazy Branch is a
stream in
Jackson County in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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. It is a tributary of the
North River (Missouri)
The North River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river in northeastern Missouri, the United States. It rises in Knox County at (northwest of Nove ...
.
Lazy Branch was so named by W.C. Dingle, because he "thought the settlers along the stream lazy because they preferred to hunt and run horses rather than work."
See also
*
List of rivers of Missouri
List of rivers in Missouri ( U.S. state).
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Mississippi River
Arkansas River
*Mississippi River
**Arkansas River (A ...
References
Rivers of Jackson County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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