# Lazy Branch

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{{short description|American stream in Missouri}}
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'''Lazy Branch''' is a [stream](/source/stream) in [Jackson County](/source/Jackson_County%2C_Missouri) in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Missouri](/source/Missouri).<ref>{{GNIS|720852}}</ref> It is a tributary of the [North River](/source/North_River_(Missouri)).

Lazy Branch was named by W.C. Dingle, because he "thought the settlers along the stream were lazy because they preferred to hunt and run horses rather than work."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_marion.html| title=Marion County Place Names, 1928-1945| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=18 April 2017| archive-date=24 June 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070655/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_marion.html| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of rivers of Missouri](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Missouri)

==References==
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Category:Rivers of Jackson County, Missouri
Category:Rivers of Missouri

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