Welcome to Cotton Port ...
So far, we found very little information about Cotton Port. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Cotton Port to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cotton Port, please Contact Us.
Cotton Port would have been located within present day Meigs County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Cotton Port, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.
A typical abbreviation for Cotton Port: Cotton Prt.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Cotton Port is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Cotton Port was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel west from Cotton Port (for example, toward Dunlap), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
The Area Codes where Cotton Port was located: 423 & 729<4>
Communities near Cotton Port ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cotton Port.
- Athens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sale Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lakewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakewood is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Estimated population in 2011: 2,336 people
- Hopewell Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Estates is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,874 people
- Spring City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Surprise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Pikeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Graysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
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 Port. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cotton Port.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cotton Port. 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 Port.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cotton Port. See our Newspapers Page for Cotton Port.
Adding Cotton Port to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Cotton Port in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cotton Port was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Cotton Port post office opened in 1860. The Cotton Port post office closed in 1904.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Cotton Port.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cotton Port, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Meigs, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cotton Port - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 423 code has been Overlayed with the 729 area code. New phone numbers in the Cotton Port area will be assigned with one of these codes: 423 or 729. As a result, placing a call in the Cotton Port area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |