Welcome to Cottondale ...Cottondale is located Cottondale is located in Wise County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cottondale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875. Cottondale is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Cottondale lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Cottondale: 940 Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Cottondale - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cottondale. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cottondale. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cottondale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cottondale. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cottondale. 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 Cottondale. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cottondale. See our Newspapers Page for Cottondale. Looking for more information about Cottondale? 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 Cottondale, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cottondale. We originally found mention of Cottondale 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 Cottondale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Cottondale.
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