Cottonwood Creek (Verdigre Creek tributary)
General data
- Name: Cottonwood Creek (Verdigre Creek tributary)
- Water system: Missouri River
- Water type: River
- Progression: Verdigre Creek -> Niobrara River -> Missouri River -> Mississippi River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Temperate
- Continents: North America
- Countries: United States of America
Cottonwood Creek is a 11.86 km long second-order tributary to Verdigre Creek in Knox County, Nebraska. Course Cottonwood Creek rises on the East Branch Verdigre Creek divide about 3 miles northeast of Royal, Nebraska and then flows generally north-northwest to join Verdigre Creek about 5 miles east of Venus, Nebraska. Cottonwood Creek drains 26.5 km2 of area.