Neosho River

Neosho River
The Neosho River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Its tributaries also drain portions of Missouri and Arkansas. The river is about long. Via the Arkansas, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Its name is an Osage word meaning "clear water." The lower section is also known as the Grand River.
Course
The Neosho's headwaters are in Morris County, Kansas, and it flows southeast through Kansas. In Ottawa County, Oklahoma, the river turns south-southwest for the remainder of its course through Oklahoma. It meets the Arkansas River near the city of Muskogee, about a mile downstream of the confluence of the Arkansas River and the Verdigris River. The area of convergence of the three rivers Arkansas, Verdigris and Neosho is called "Three Forks."
In Oklahoma the Neosho ends at its confluence with Spring River at the Twin Bridges Area at Grand Lake State Park. From that point on it is called the Grand River. The Grand River flows south to the Grand Lake.
Dams
The Neosho has been dammed at several points along its course, in most cases by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In Kansas, a dam upstream of Council Grove forms Council Grove Lake, and a dam near New Strawn forms John Redmond Reservoir. There are also 12 dams in between John Redmond and the Kansas border, including lowhead dams at Burlington, Neosho Falls, Iola, Humboldt, two near Chanute and Erie. In Oklahoma, a dam at Langley forms the Neosho's largest reservoir, the Grand Lake o' the Cherokees. A dam near Locust Grove forms Lake Hudson, (also known as Markham Ferry Reservoir), and a dam upstream of Fort Gibson forms Fort Gibson Lake.
Tributaries
In Kansas, the Neosho is joined by the Cottonwood River in Lyon County. In Oklahoma, it is joined by the Spring River in Ottawa County and the Elk River in Delaware County.
Cities and towns along the river
Americus, Kansas
Burlington, Kansas
Chetopa, Kansas
Chanute, Kansas
Chouteau, Oklahoma
Council Grove, Kansas
Disney, Oklahoma
Emporia, Kansas
Erie, Kansas
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
Grand Lake Towne, Oklahoma
Hartford, Kansas
Humboldt, Kansas
Iola, Kansas
Langley, Oklahoma
Le Roy, Kansas
Miami, Oklahoma
Neosho Falls, Kansas
Neosho Rapids, Kansas
Oswego, Kansas
Parkerville, Kansas
Pensacola, Oklahoma
Pin Oak Acres, Oklahoma
Salina, Oklahoma
Strang, Oklahoma
St. Paul, Kansas
Shaw, Kansas
Rollin, Kansas
Petrolia, Kansas
Bassett, Kansas
Strauss, Kansas
Laneville, Kansas
Montana, Kansas
Hoag, Kansas
Saulkner, Kansas
Harmon, Kansas
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Neosho River has also been known as:
Grand River, particularly past the confluence of the Neosho and Spring rivers in Oklahoma—see Grand River (Oklahoma)
Le Grande Riviere
Nee Ozho River
Neozhoo River
Ni-u-sho River
Niocho River
Nion-chou River
Noshow River
Osage River
Rio Blanco
Six Bulls River
See also
List of Kansas rivers
List of Oklahoma rivers
Great Flood of 1951
References
Rivers of Kansas
Rivers of Oklahoma
Tributaries of the Arkansas River
Rivers of Allen County, Kansas
Rivers of Morris County, Kansas
Rivers of Lyon County, Kansas
Rivers of Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Rivers of Labette County, Kansas
Rivers of Mayes County, Oklahoma
Rivers of Neosho County, Kansas
Rivers of Woodson County, Kansas
Rivers of Lincoln County, Kansas
Rivers of Coffey County, Kansas