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Cottonwood, Alabama

Cottonwood Park
(Tuscaloosa County)

Cottonwood
(Limestone County)

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Current Weather

The town of Cottonwood is located in Houston County.

Cottonwood is 40 feet [12.19 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Cottonwood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Cottonwood can be found in:

	Alaska	Minnesota
	Arizona	Missouri (historic ^<2>)
	British Columbia	Montana
	California	Nevada (historic)
	Colorado	New Mexico (historic)
	Georgia	Oklahoma
	Idaho	South Dakota
	Illinois	Texas
	Louisiana	Utah

At the time of the 2000 Census, Cottonwood had a population of 1,170 people ^<3> (or 1.32% of the total population of Houston County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Cottonwood had a population of 1,202 people. This is an increase of 2.74% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Cottonwood.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	1,202	+2.74%	+2.47% since 2007
2007	1,173	+0.26%	+0.6% since 2006
2006	1,166	-0.34%	+0.34% since 2005
2005	1,162	-0.68%
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2000	1,170	The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Ashford	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	2,062	11.28% increase
Cowarts	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	1,630	5.43% increase
Dothan	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	66,505	15.19% increase
Kinsey	N	16 mi [25.75 km]	1,965	9.41% increase
Slocomb	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	2,047	0.24% decrease
Taylor	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,993	5.01% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Cottonwood.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Alabama ^<5>

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Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cottonwood - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cottonwood, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation
<3>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Cottonwood. - Return to Citation
<4>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Cottonwood and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<5>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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