The Cobb River (also known as the Big Cobb River) and its tributary the Little Cobb River are small rivers in southern Minnesota in the United States. The Cobb River is a 78.6-mile-long (126.5 km)[1] tributary of the Le Sueur River. Via the Le Sueur, Blue Earth and Minnesota rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.[2][3]

Cobb River
The river at the former site of Zieglers Ford Bridge in Blue Earth County
Mouth of Cobb River
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Blue Earth, Waseca, Fairbault, and Freeborn Counties
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	43.7544007°N 93.5799416°W / 43.7544007; -93.5799416
Mouth
• coordinates	44.0774656°N 94.0007877°W / 44.0774656; -94.0007877
Length	78.6-mile-long (126.5 km)
Basin features
Progression	Cobb River→ Le Sueur River→ Minnesota River→ Mississippi River→ Gulf of Mexico
River system	Le Sueur River
Tributaries
• left	Little Cobb River

Course

The Cobb River rises at the outlet of Freeborn Lake in northwestern Freeborn County 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 6 miles (10 km) south of Mankato.

In Blue Earth County it collects the Little Cobb River, which rises in southwestern Waseca County and flows 36.9 miles (59.4 km) generally westward.[1]

Ziegler's Ford on the Cobb River is a 1904 example of the pin-connected Pratt through truss bridges once common in Minnesota, and one of the few built by a company based outside of Minneapolis–Saint Paul.[4] It was removed in 1995.[5]

See also

• List of rivers of Minnesota
• List of longest streams of Minnesota

References