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Welcome to Cotton Hill ...

Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County<1>.


We aren't confident of the location of Cotton Hill, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Cotton Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1854.

Cotton Hill is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Telephone area codes for Cotton Hill: (304) & (681)<4>

Communities Also Named Cotton Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Cotton Hill - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Cotton Hill ...

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

  • Oak Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
    • Oak Hill is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,028 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Hill <6>
  • Fayetteville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Montgomery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ansted
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ansted have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansted
    • Ansted is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ansted <6>
  • Mount Hope
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Mount Hope is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,259 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Hope <6>
  • Cedar Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
  • East Bank
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
    • East Bank is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
  • Glasgow
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glasgow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
    • Glasgow is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 823 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasgow <6>
  • Smithers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithers have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithers
    • Smithers is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithers <6>
  • Pratt
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pratt have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
    • Pratt is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 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 Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cotton Hill.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cotton Hill ...

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

Adding Cotton Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cotton Hill 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 Cotton Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Cotton Hill post office opened in 1854.

We also found Cotton Hill in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cotton Hill.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cotton Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cotton Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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