Cottonwood Arizona Map

About Cottonwood, Arizona

Cottonwood is a locality in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. It has a population of 12,029. The population density is 279.8 people per km². Cottonwood is located at 34.7195°N, 112.0016°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. Cottonwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 86503, 85147, 86326.

Cottonwood emerges from the sun-bleached expanse as a collection of low-slung structures caught in the amber glow of the late afternoon. It lies 12.5 miles west-northwest of Coolidge, AZ (from Coolidge, AZ: bearing 302°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south of Chandler Heights. The land surrounding Cottonwood maintains a rugged, arid composure, defined by the dry brush and the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Sacaton Mountains that mark the horizon line. A mile away, the Gila River carves a quiet, persistent path through the dust, offering a thin ribbon of reprieve to the thirsty earth. Travelers passing through San Tan Regional Park notice how the light here clarifies the edges of the world, turning the desert floor into a pale, shifting canvas of ocher and gray that seems to breathe with the cooling air of dusk.

Cottonwood preserves a steady, rhythmic existence, rooted in the labor of those who first broke the soil to coax life from the unforgiving terrain. The local economy persists through a measured blend of agricultural heritage and modern trade, where the legacy of earlier settlers remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the older districts. While the Old West Estates Retention Basin sits twenty miles distant as a testament to the scarcity of standing water, the inhabitants have long since learned to organize their lives around the seasonal temperaments of the earth. Life in Cottonwood moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the value of patience, where the quietude of the landscape dictates the temperament of the day and the long shadows of the afternoon serve as a reminder of the vast, open silence that defines the region.

About This Cottonwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cottonwood, Arizona. Coordinates: 34.719526, -112.001611. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Cottonwood includes the ZIP code (86503, 85147, 86326), telephone area code (480, 928), county seat of Pinal County (Florence), and school district assignment (Mingus Union High School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.