unincorporated community
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Missouri
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, United States. It is located just east of
U.S. Route 67
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, approximately seventeen miles south of Fredericktown and one mile south of the
Madison Madison may refer to:
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* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
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-Wayne county line. The community is on Cedar Creek about three miles west of the
St. Francis River
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A post office called Cold Water was established in 1848, the name was changed to Coldwater in 1894, and the post office closed in 1967. The community was named for a spring near the original town site.