Bennetts Bayou is a

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a strea ...

in the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...

s of

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

and

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

. The stream source is in

Howell County, Missouri Howell County is in southern Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,750. The largest city and county seat is West Plains. The county was officially organized on March 2, 1857, and is named after Josiah Howell, a pioneer settler ...

, just south of US Route 160 west of Hocomo. The stream flows southwest into

Ozark County, Missouri Ozark County is a county in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,553. The largest city and county seat is Gainesville. The county was organized as Ozark County, named after the Ozark ...

, and under

Missouri Route 142 Route 142 is a highway in southern Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at Route 53 in southern Poplar Bluff; its western terminus is at Route 101 in Bakersfield Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, Uni ...

on the east side of

Bakersfield Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, which is located in the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's population as of the ...

. It then flows south through the extreme northwest corner of Fulton County, Arkansas, and into the northwest corner of

Baxter County, Arkansas Baxter County is a County (United States), county in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. Created as Arkansas's 66th county on March 24, 1873, the county has eight incorporated municipalities, including Mountain Home, Arkansas, Mountain Home, its ...

. It continues to the southwest and enters the northeast arm of

Norfork Lake Norfork Dam impounds the North Fork River in the U.S. state of Arkansas, creating Norfork Lake. The large reservoir is maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and spans Baxter County, Arkansas, Fulton County, Arkansas and Ozar ...

to the east of Gamaliel, Arkansas.''Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 2004, 2nd edition, p. 26, The similarly named

Bennetts River Bennetts River is a stream in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri. The stream source is in Howell County, Missouri southeast of Hocomo on US 160. It flows south to the west of Moody, Missouri and crosses under Missouri Route 142. The stream ...

runs subparallel to Bennetts Bayou just to the southeast. The stream source in Missouri is at and the

river mouth A river mouth is where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as another river, a lake/reservoir, a bay/gulf, a sea, or an ocean. At the river mouth, sediments are often deposited due to the slowing of the current, reducing the carryin ...

in Arkansas is at . Bennetts Bayou has the name of the local Bennett family.

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Rivers of Baxter County, Arkansas Rivers of Fulton County, Arkansas Rivers of Howell County, Missouri Rivers of Ozark County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri Rivers of Arkansas {{OzarkCountyMO-river-stub

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