Welcome to South Cottonwood ...

South Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of South Cottonwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

A typical abbreviation for South Cottonwood: S. Cottonwood

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

Area Codes for South Cottonwood: 801 & 385<2>

Adding South Cottonwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of South 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 for South Cottonwood was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for South Cottonwood.

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 South Cottonwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 801 or 385. As a result, placing a call in the South Cottonwood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).