Cottonwood Creek is a
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
in
Ray County in the
U.S. state of
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
. It is a tributary of Wakenda Creek.
Cottonwood Creek was so named on account of cottonwood timber in the area.
See also
*
List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Ray County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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