Welcome to Cottage Grove ...

Cottage Grove is located in Siskiyou County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cottage Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for Cottage Grove: Cottage Grv.

Cottage Grove is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Cottage Grove lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Cottage Grove is located in the (530) area code.

Communities Also Named Cottage Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Cottage Grove - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Cottage Grove ...

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

• Happy Camp
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Camp
  • Happy Camp is located in Siskiyou County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Happy Camp <4>
• Somes Bar
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somes Bar
  • Somes Bar is located in Siskiyou County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somes Bar <4>
• Orleans
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
  • Orleans is located in Humboldt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orleans <4>
• Seiad Valley
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seiad Valley
  • Seiad Valley is located in Siskiyou County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seiad Valley <4>
• Forks of Salmon
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Salmon
  • Forks of Salmon is located in Siskiyou County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forks of Salmon <4>
• Johnsons
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons
  • Johnsons is located in Humboldt County
• Hamburg
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County
• Scott Bar
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Bar
  • Scott Bar is located in Siskiyou County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scott Bar <4>
• Klamath
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klamath
  • Klamath is located in Del Norte County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Klamath <4>
• Mugginsville
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mugginsville
  • Mugginsville is located in Siskiyou County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cottage Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cottage Grove.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cottage Grove ...

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

Adding Cottage Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cottage Grove in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Cottage Grove post office opened in 1857.

We also found Cottage Grove in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cottage Grove.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Siskiyou County: www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/