Welcome to Cotton Plant ...

Cotton Plant is located in Marion County<1>.

The location of Cotton Plant has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cotton Plant, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1868.

Cotton Plant is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Cotton Plant lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Cotton Plant is within the (352) area code.

Communities Also Named Cotton Plant ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Cotton Plant - they are located in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cotton Plant.

Communities near Cotton Plant ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cotton Plant.

• Ocala
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
  • Ocala is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <4>
• Belleview
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
  • Belleview is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,208 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belleview <4>
• Williston
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
  • Williston is located in Levy County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,765 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williston <4>
• Dunnellon
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnellon
  • Dunnellon is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,867 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunnellon <4>
• Reddick
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reddick
  • Reddick is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reddick <4>
• McIntosh
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
  • McIntosh is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McIntosh <4>
• Fellowship
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
  • Fellowship is located in Marion County
• Martin
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
  • Martin is located in Marion County
• Morriston
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morriston
  • Morriston is located in Levy County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morriston <4>
• Chatmire
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmire
  • Chatmire is located in Marion County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cotton Plant. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cotton Plant.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cotton Plant. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cotton Plant.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cotton Plant. See our Newspapers Page for Cotton Plant.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cotton Plant ...

Looking for more information about Cotton Plant? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cotton Plant, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cotton Plant.

Adding Cotton Plant to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cotton Plant in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cotton Plant was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cotton Plant post office opened in 1868.

We also found Cotton Plant in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cotton Plant.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cotton Plant. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Marion County: www.marioncountyfl.org/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/