Cow Mound, Arkansas

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Cow Mound is a ghost town in Woodruff County, Arkansas, United States. [1]

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  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cow Mound, Arkansas
  2. Whittaker, Timothy (2 February 2010). American Indian Mounds. ISBN   9780977044023 . Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  3. Whittaker, Timothy (2 February 2010). American Indian Mounds. ISBN   9780977044023 . Retrieved 7 July 2015.