Cowpen Point

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Narrow neck of land on the east bank of the Mississippi jutting westward. The river broke thru at Giles Cutoff in the 1920s and shifted the main channel eastward. Cownpen Point then merged with the west bank. Lake Concordia and Lake Marengo mark the old course of the Mississippi.
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Coordinates:   31°36'22"N   91°27'16"W
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