Do you know of Cottonwood ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cottonwood. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Cottonwood.

Our sources for Cottonwood (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Cottonwood other than they indicate that Cottonwood would be found somewhere in Vernon Parish, Louisiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1891 and closed in 1915.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Cottonwood ...

We found 47 communities that share the name Cottonwood.

There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Cottonwood.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 46 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 46 communities, 46 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- East Carroll Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Cottonwood [East Carroll Parish].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Henry County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cottonwood [Henry County].
  - Houston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cottonwood [Houston County].
  - Limestone County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cottonwood [Limestone County].
- Alaska
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Cottonwood.
- Arizona
  - Apache County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Cottonwood [Apache County].
  - Cochise County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Cottonwood [Cochise County].
  - Pinal County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Cottonwood [Pinal County].
  - Yavapai County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Cottonwood [Yavapai County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Cottonwood.
- California
  - San Bernardino County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Cottonwood [San Bernardino County].
  - Shasta County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Cottonwood [Shasta County].
  - Yolo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Cottonwood [Yolo County].
- Colorado
  - Douglas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Cottonwood [Douglas County].
  - Gilpin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Cottonwood [Gilpin County].
  - Saguache County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Cottonwood [Saguache County].
- Georgia
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cottonwood [Fayette County].
- Idaho
  - Idaho County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Cottonwood [Idaho County].
  - Owyhee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Cottonwood [Owyhee County].
- Illinois
  - Gallatin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Cottonwood [Gallatin County].
- Iowa
  - Lee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Cottonwood [Lee County].
- Minnesota
  - Lyon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Cottonwood [Lyon County].
- Missouri
  - Adair County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cottonwood [Adair County].
- Montana
  - Fergus County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Cottonwood [Fergus County].
- Nevada
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Cottonwood [Clark County].
  - Elko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Cottonwood [Elko County].
  - Mineral County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Cottonwood [Mineral County].
- New Mexico
  - Colfax County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Cottonwood [Colfax County].
  - Roosevelt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Cottonwood [Roosevelt County].
  - San Juan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Cottonwood [San Juan County].
- Oklahoma
  - Coal County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Cottonwood [Coal County].
  - Sequoyah County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Cottonwood [Sequoyah County].
- South Dakota
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Cottonwood [Jackson County].
- Texas
  - Brazos County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cottonwood [Brazos County].
  - Callahan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cottonwood [Callahan County].
  - Erath County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cottonwood [Erath County].
  - Falls County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cottonwood [Falls County].
  - Hidalgo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cottonwood [Hidalgo County].
  - Kaufman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cottonwood [Kaufman County].
  - Liberty County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cottonwood [Liberty County].
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cottonwood [Madison County].
  - McLennan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cottonwood [McLennan County].
  - Somervell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cottonwood [Somervell County].
- Utah
  - Davis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Cottonwood [Davis County].
  - Grand County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Cottonwood [Grand County].
  - Salt Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Cottonwood [Salt Lake County].
- Wisconsin
  - Price County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Cottonwood [Price County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cottonwood ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cottonwood:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Cottonwood - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in Vernon Parish ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Vernon Parish.

Footnotes ...

<1>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Cottonwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong parish. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

<2>

A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/