Cottonwood, Alabama

About Cottonwood

Set in the southeastern part of Alabama, Cottonwood is a small town with an estimated population of 1,093.

Cottonwood holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 5.78 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 189 residents per square mile.

📰 Cottonwood News Today

• Cottonwood High School (AL) Football MaxPreps · Oct 9
• Melissa Villegas - Cottonwood Bears Girls Volleyball (Cottonwood, AL) Sports Illustrated · Oct 5
• Valiants face stiff Alabama road test at Cottonwood Valdosta Daily Times · Aug 21
• Obituary for Patricia Eugenia Cobia - Ward-Wilson Funeral Home Ward-Wilson Funeral Home · Jul 24
• Extra Point, Week Four: Cottonwood hosts Houston County Yahoo Sports · Sep 18

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Alabama headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Cottonwood Unique

• One of 10 places in the US named Cottonwood — but the Alabama one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southeastern Alabama, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Alabama — one of 594 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 10 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Cottonwood

• Burger Barn
• The Rodeo Cantina & Grill

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Cottonwood

• Cottonwood Sports Complex reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Cottonwood

• Cottonwood Elementary School
• Cottonwood High School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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