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Cow Hell Swamp is a swamp in the U.S. state of Georgia. The swamp is located along the eastern bank of the Oconee River near the mouth of Buckeye creek in northern Laurens County, with a small portion of the swamp extending north into the southern portion of Johnson County. Cow Hell Swamp is on the opposite side of the Oconee River from Beaverdam Swamp, located on the western bank of the Oconee River. Cow Hell Swamp has a surface area of approximately 2.22 sq mi (5.7 km2) and a surface elevation of 174 ft (53 m) above sea level. The nearest town is Dublin, Georgia, the northernmost city limits of which is 9.3 mi (15.0 km) south of the swamp.
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- 1 2 "EMPIRE AND DUBLIN RAILROAD COMPANY". Poor's Manual of Railroads. New York Poor's Pub. Co. 1892. p. 226.
- ↑ "The Georgia End – Of a Big Failure – The Empire Lumber Company Again". Chattanooga Daily Times. July 6, 1895. Retrieved April 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "EMPIRE AND DUBLIN. The Road Reorganized Under the Name of the Oconee and Western". The Savannah Morning News. October 12, 1892. Retrieved April 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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