Coldwater Creek is a stream in Miami County, Kansas and Cass County, Missouri in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the South Fork of the South Grand River.

The stream headwaters arise in eastern Kansas just over one mile west of the Kansas-Missouri border at 38°32′42″N 94°37′57″W / 38.54500°N 94.63250°W / 38.54500; -94.63250 and it flows east into Missouri and crosses under Missouri Route D just south of Lisle.[2] Its confluence with the South Fork is at 38°34′15″N 94°33′23″W / 38.57083°N 94.55639°W / 38.57083; -94.55639 at an elevation of 860 feet.[1]

Coldwater Creek was so named due to the cold water it carries.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coldwater Creek (South Grand River tributary)
  2. ↑ Freeman, MO-KS, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1953 (1977 rev.)
  3. ↑ "Cass County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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