Welcome to Cotton Hill ...

Cotton Hill is located in Sangamon County<1>.

The location of Cotton Hill 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 Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1862.

Cotton Hill is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Cotton Hill lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Cotton Hill: (217)

Communities Also Named Cotton Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Cotton Hill - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Cotton Hill ...

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

• Springfield
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
  • Springfield is located in Sangamon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 113,671 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <4>
• Chatham
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chatham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
  • Chatham is located in Sangamon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,159 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chatham <4>
• Sherman
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
  • Sherman is located in Sangamon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,660 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sherman <4>
• Auburn
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Auburn is located in Sangamon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,591 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <4>
• Rochester
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rochester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
  • Rochester is located in Sangamon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,715 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rochester <4>
• Riverton
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
  • Riverton is located in Sangamon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,430 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverton <4>
• Virden
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
  • Virden is located in Macoupin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,302 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virden <4>
• Pawnee
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pawnee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
  • Pawnee is located in Sangamon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,646 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pawnee <4>
• Girard
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
  • Girard is located in Macoupin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,981 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Girard <4>
• Athens
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
  • Athens is located in Menard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,893 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <4>

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 Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cotton Hill.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cotton Hill. 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 Hill.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cotton Hill ...

Looking for more information about Cotton Hill? 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 Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cotton Hill.

Adding Cotton Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cotton Hill 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 Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cotton Hill post office opened in 1862.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Sangamon County: www.co.sangamon.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov