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Welcome to Cottontown ...

Cottontown is located in Colbert County<1>.

Cottontown is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cottontown: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Cottontown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Cottontown - they are located in Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Cottontown ...

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

  • Florence
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Muscle Shoals
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Russellville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sheffield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Tuscumbia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Moulton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rogersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
    • Former name for Rogersville:
    • Rodgersville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <4>
  • Town Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Littleville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Littleville is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
  • Killen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cottontown ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Colbert, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cottontown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Cottontown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Cottontown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.