Cottey Creek (also called Cottey Branch) is a stream in Knox County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Troublesome Creek.
The stream headwaters arise at and it flows generally north for approximately two miles to its confluence at . The confluence is 2.5 miles southwest of Knox City and 6.5 miles southeast of Edina.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 24,
Cottey Creek has the name of the local Cottey family.
See also List of rivers of Missouri
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