Shiloh Creek

Shiloh Branch is a stream in Bourbon County, Kansas and Vernon County, Missouri.^[1] The stream is a tributary to the Marmaton River.

The headwaters arise in Kansas northeast of the community of Hammond^[2] at 37°57′15″N 94°40′21″W and the confluence with the Marmaton in Missouri is about three miles southwest of Richards^[3] at 37°51′47″N 94°35′11″W.^[1]

The creek was named after the ancient city of Shiloh.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Kansas
• List of rivers of Missouri

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shiloh Creek
2. Hammond, Kansas, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1958 (revised 1978)
3. Richards, Mo-Ks, and Deerfield, Mo-Ks, 7.5 Minute Topographical Quadrangles, USGS, 1991
4. Lyman, Clifford (16 July 1976). "Names' Past Cloudy". Fort Scott Tribune. pp. 13B. Retrieved 22 April 2015.