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Nelson Branch
Country United States
State Missouri
County Dent County
Physical characteristics
Main source 1240 feet
37°41′16″N 91°30′57″W / 37.68778°N 91.51583°W / 37.68778; -91.51583
River mouth 1010 feet
37°42′39″N 91°28′22″W / 37.71083°N 91.47278°W / 37.71083; -91.47278

Nelson Branch is a stream in Dent County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary to the Meramec River which it joins approximately six miles northeast of Salem. The stream headwaters arise adjacent to Missouri Route 19 three miles north of Salem and one mile south of the community of Howes.

Nelson Branch has the name of the local Nelson family.

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