The Cobb River (also known as the Big Cobb River) and its

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the Little Cobb River are small

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s in southern

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in the

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. The Cobb River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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, accessed October 5, 2012 tributary of the

Le Sueur River The Le Sueur River (''lay-SEWER'') is a tributary of the Blue Earth River, long, in southern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Blue Earth and Minnesota Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of . It ...

. Via the Le Sueur, Blue Earth and

rivers, it is part of the

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of the

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The Cobb River rises at the outlet of Freeborn Lake in northwestern

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and flows generally northwestwardly through northeastern Faribault, southwestern Waseca, and southwestern Blue Earth counties. It flows into the Le Sueur River from the south, about south of

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. In Blue Earth County it collects the Little Cobb River, which rises in southwestern Waseca County. The Little Cobb flows generally westward to its confluence with the Big Cobb River. The Ziegler's Ford Bridge, built in 1904 over the Cobb River, is an example of the pin-connected

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through truss bridges once common in Minnesota, and one of the few built by a company based outside of

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. It was removed in 1995.

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Rivers of Minnesota Rivers of Blue Earth County, Minnesota Rivers of Faribault County, Minnesota Rivers of Freeborn County, Minnesota Rivers of Waseca County, Minnesota Tributaries of the Mississippi River Le Sueur River {{Minnesota-river-stub

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