Cowskin Creek
Cowskin Creek is a stream in northwest Douglas and extreme southeastern Webster counties of Missouri.[1] Cowskin has its headwaters in southeast Webster County west of Cedar Gap and is a tributary to Beaver Creek which it joins just west of the Arno store. The stream is bridged by Missouri Route 14 just east of the junction with Missouri Route K.[3]
| Cowskin Creek | |
|---|---|
 The junction of Beaver and Cowskin creeks west of Arno. Looking southeast from Beaver Creek bridge, Cowskin entering from behind gravel bar on the left. | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| Region | Douglas and Webster counties |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 37°05′31″N 92°41′48″W[1] |
| • elevation | Approximately 1,400 ft (430 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 36°56′19″N 92°44′31″W |
• elevation | 1,040 ft (320 m)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Casto Creek, Prairie Creek |
According to tradition, a pioneer citizen skinned cows who had died of disease near this creek.[4]
See also
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cowskin Creek
- Cedar Gap, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1977 rev.)
- Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p.63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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