Blue River (Oklahoma)

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The Blue River is a tributary of the Red River, about 95 mi (155 km) long, in southern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Red River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river has also been known as Blue Creek. The Board on Geographic Names settled on "Blue River" as the stream's official name in 1977.

[edit] Course

The Blue River originates in southern Pontotoc County and is converged of two intermittent streams flowing southward through Johnston and Bryan Counties, past the towns of Tishomingo, Milburn and Armstrong. It joins the Red River in southeastern Bryan County.

[edit] See also

• Red River
• List of Oklahoma rivers

[edit] Sources

• Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
• DeLorme (2003). Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-283-8.
• GNIS entry