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Welcome to Cotton City ...

Cotton City is located in Hidalgo County<1>.

Cotton City is 4,230 feet [1,289 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cotton City is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Cotton City lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Cotton City, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Code for Cotton City: 575

Communities near Cotton City ...

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

  • Animas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Steins ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steins
    • Steins is located in Hidalgo County
    • Former name for Steins:
    • Stein's Pass
  • Windmill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill
    • Windmill is located in Hidalgo County
  • Shakespeare ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare
    • Shakespeare is located in Hidalgo County
    • Former name for Shakespeare:
    • Ralston City
  • Portal
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Rodeo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Lordsburg
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Paradise
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Paradise is located in Cochise County (AZ)
  • San Simon
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Hilltop ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hilltop. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Hilltop is located in Cochise County (AZ)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cotton City ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Hidalgo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cotton City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.