Rum Branch, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.}}

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Rum Branch is an unincorporated community in Cape Girardeau County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{cite gnis|725661|Rum Branch|January 18, 2024}}

According to tradition, nearby Rum Branch creek was named for an incident when a bootlegger's rum was dumped in its waters.{{cite web| url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_cape_girardeau.html| title=Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=10 September 2016| url-status=bot: unknown| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071746/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_cape_girardeau.html| archivedate=24 June 2016}}