Cotton Creek

Cotton Creek is a stream in Oregon County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Frederick Creek.[2]

The stream headwaters are at 36°32′52″N 91°16′33″W / 36.54778°N 91.27583°W / 36.54778; -91.27583 and the confluence wit Frederick Creek is at 36°35′04″N 91°14′38″W / 36.58444°N 91.24389°W / 36.58444; -91.24389.[1]

Cotton Creek was so named on account of cotton fields near its course.[3]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cotton Creek
  2. ^ Billmore, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1997
  3. ^ "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.