Flat Branch (Hinkson Creek tributary)

Flat Branch is a stream in Columbia, Missouri.[1] It was the original water source for the town of Columbia and its forerunner Smithton. It is a branch of Hinkson Creek and begins Northwest of Downtown Columbia. Flat Branch Park straddles the creek between 4th Street and Providence. Flat Branch was so named on account of its low riverbanks.[2]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flat Branch (Hinkson Creek tributary)
  2. ^ "Boone County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)