Lazy Branch is a stream in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the North River.

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."[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lazy Branch
  2. ↑ "Marion County Place Names, 1928-1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

39°10′56″N 94°20′01″W / 39.1822263°N 94.33356°W / 39.1822263; -94.33356



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