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Weldon River

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Stream in the American state of Missouri

Weldon River is stream in Clark and Decatur counties in southern Iowa and Grundy and Mercer counties in northern Missouri of the United States. It is a tributary of the Thompson River. The confluence is two miles northwest of Trenton. It has an average discharge of 246 cubic feet per second at Mill Grove.

Weldon River most likely was named after James Weldon, a pioneer settler.

Tributaries

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Weldon River
  2. Trenton West, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984
  3. "Mercer County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.

40°06′06″N 93°38′55″W / 40.101679°N 93.648553°W / 40.101679; -93.648553



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