Welcome to Cottonwood ...Cottonwood is located in Fergus County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cottonwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. When the people of Cottonwood refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Cottonwoodite<2> Cottonwood is 4,220 feet [1,286 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Cottonwood is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Cottonwood lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Cottonwood: 406 Communities Also Named Cottonwood ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 47 communities that are also named Cottonwood - they are located in Alabama (3), Alaska, Arizona (4), British Columbia, California (3), Colorado (3), Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada (3), New Mexico (3), Oklahoma (2), South Dakota, Texas (10), Utah (3) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cottonwood. Communities near Cottonwood ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cottonwood.
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 Cottonwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cottonwood. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cottonwood. 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 Cottonwood. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cottonwood. See our Newspapers Page for Cottonwood. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cottonwood ...Looking for more information about Cottonwood? 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 Cottonwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cottonwood. Adding Cottonwood to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cottonwood 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 (so far) for Cottonwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Cottonwood. Footnotes ...
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