Cox Creek
Cox Creek is a stream in Lauderdale County, in the U.S. state of Alabama, that flows through the northern portions of the city of Florence. Cox Creek was probably named for Zachariah Cox, a land agent.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Water Tower and James Martin House.
Old Water Tower
Water tower
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The Old Florence Water Tower is a historic water tower in Florence, Alabama. It was built in 1889 by the Jeter and Boardman Gas and Water Association to increase water capacity in the town, which was undergoing a boom in population.
James Martin House
House
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The James Martin House is a historic residence in Florence, Alabama. Martin was a leading Florence industrialist of the Antebellum era, who owned a cotton spinning mill along Cypress Creek.
William Bowen Lustron House
House
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The William Bowen Lustron House is a historic residence in Florence, Alabama. The Lustron house was purchased by William Bowen in 1949. The prefabricated, metal frame house is one of the company's two-bedroom Westchester Deluxe models.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Florence and Mars Hill.
Florence
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Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwestern corner, and had a population of 40,184 in the 2020 census.
Mars Hill
Hamlet
Mars Hill is a former unincorporated community that is now a neighborhood of the city of Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States. The community contains the campus of Mars Hill Bible School. Mars Hill is situated 3 miles northeast of Cox Creek.
Sheffield
Village
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Sheffield is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area. The population was 9,403 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 9,307 in 2023. Sheffield is situated 4½ miles south of Cox Creek.
Cox Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Cox Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cox Creek”
- Cebuano: “Cox Creek (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Alabama, Lauderdale County)”
- Cebuano: “Cox Creek”
- Venetian: “Cox”
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