Cowskin Creek

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

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]

According to tradition, a pioneer citizen skinned cows who had died of disease near this creek.[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cowskin Creek
2. Cedar Gap, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1977 rev.)
3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p.63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
4. "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.