Cottey Creek

Coordinates: 40°07′32″N 92°03′24″W / 40.1255955°N 92.0565659°W / 40.1255955; -92.0565659
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Cottey Creek (also called Cottey Branch) is a stream in Knox County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Troublesome Creek.

The stream headwaters arise at 40°05′36″N 92°03′29″W / 40.0933733°N 92.0579547°W / 40.0933733; -92.0579547 and it flows generally north for approximately two miles to its confluence at 40°07′32″N 92°03′24″W / 40.1255955°N 92.0565659°W / 40.1255955; -92.0565659.[1] The confluence is 2.5 miles southwest of Knox City and 6.5 miles southeast of Edina.[2]

Cottey Creek has the name of the local Cottey family.[3]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottey Creek
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 24, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Knox County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)