Cotton, Georgia

Cotton, Georgia
Unincorporated community
Cotton is located in Georgia
Cotton
Cotton
Cotton is located in the United States
Cotton
Cotton
Coordinates: 31°09′42″N 84°04′01″W / 31.1617°N 84.0669°W / 31.1617; -84.0669
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountyMitchell
Elevation
325 ft (99 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
31765
Area code229

Cotton is an unincorporated community located in Mitchell County, United States.[1]

History

Cotton was originally called "Mapleton", and under the latter name was founded in 1899.[2] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1913 as the "Town of Cotton", with municipal corporate limits extending in a one-half mile radius from the central railroad depot.[3] The present name is after the local cotton growing industry.[2] Cotton's town charter was dissolved in 1995.[4]

Geography

Cotton's latitude is at 31.162 and its longitude is at -84.067. Its elevation rests at 325 feet. Cotton appears on the Cotton South U.S. Geological Survey Map.[1]

See also

  1. ^ a b "DeWitt, Georgia GA Community". Georgia Hometown Locator. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 52. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  3. ^ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. State printer. 1913. pp. 757–758.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cotton