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Welcome to Cottle ...

Cottle is located in Nicholas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cottle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1949.

Cottle is 2,190 feet [668 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cottle is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Cottle lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Cottle: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Cottle ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Cottle - they are located in Georgia, Kentucky, Texas and Utah.

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

Communities near Cottle ...

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

  • Summersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Richwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Addison
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Addison is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
  • Cowen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Welch Glade
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Welch Glade is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
  • Tioga
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Donald
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Donald is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
  • Upperglade
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Upperglade is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
  • Halo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Halo is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
  • Nettie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cottle ...

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

Adding Cottle to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cottle 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 Cottle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cottle post office opened in 1949. The Cottle post office closed in 1994.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cottle.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Nicholas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cottle - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Cottle area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Cottle area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/