Cottonwood Lake (Sully County, South Dakota)

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Cottonwood Lake
Location Sully County, South Dakota
Coordinates 44°50′08″N99°54′21″W / 44.8355740°N 99.9058888°W / 44.8355740; -99.9058888
Type lake
Surface elevation1,801 feet (549 m)

Cottonwood Lake is a lake in South Dakota, in the United States. [1]

The lake was so named on account of the cottonwood trees which grew there. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottonwood Lake (Sully County, South Dakota)
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.2. University of South Dakota. p. 18.