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Welcome to Cottonwood Heights ...

The city of Cottonwood Heights is located in Salt Lake County<1>.



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While we don't have a date for the founding of Cottonwood Heights, you might get a feel for its founding by knowing that they incorporated in 2005.

A typical abbreviation for Cottonwood Heights: Cottonwood Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Cottonwood Heights had a population of 33,433 people.<2> (see below for details).

Cottonwood Heights is 4,790 feet [1,460 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Cottonwood Heights is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Cottonwood Heights: 801 & 385<4>

Communities Also Named Cottonwood Heights ...

While we believe that this Cottonwood Heights is located in Salt Lake County, we know of another 2 Utah communities named Cottonwood Heights. Those communities are located in the following counties: Davis and Weber County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cottonwood Heights.

Websites for Cottonwood Heights ...

Official Website: cottonwoodheights.utah.gov/

Communities near Cottonwood Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cottonwood Heights.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cottonwood Heights ...

Looking for more information about Cottonwood Heights? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Cottonwood Heights, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Cottonwood Heights.

The official website for Cottonwood Heights: cottonwoodheights.utah.gov/

The official website for Salt Lake County: www.slco.org/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Salt Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Cottonwood Heights.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cottonwood Heights - 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 801 code has been Overlayed with the 385 area code. New phone numbers in the Cottonwood Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 801 or 385. As a result, placing a call in the Cottonwood Heights 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>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.
<7>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.









 

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