Cottontown, Tennessee

About Cottontown

Set in the northern part of Tennessee, Cottontown is a small unincorporated community.

Cottontown holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.51 square miles.

📰 Cottontown News Today

• Patricia Gay Claypool Obituary Mar 24, 2026 Sumner Funeral and Cremation · Mar 24
• House seriously damaged after chimney fire spreads in Middle Tennessee WSMV · Jan 28
• Phillip Rodney Ogletree - View Obituary & Service Information Austin & Bell Funeral Home · Apr 20
• Donald Wayne Briley Obituary (2026) - Cottontown, TN - Wilkinson & Wiseman Funeral Home - Portland Legacy obituary · Jun 15
• CEMC: Planned outage to affect 185 Cottontown customers News Channel 5 Nashville · May 12

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What Makes Cottontown Unique

• The only place in America named Cottontown — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northern Tennessee, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

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 6 miles.

🏫 Schools in Cottontown

• Oakmont Elementary

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

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