Cotton Town Pennsylvania Map

About Cotton Town, Pennsylvania

Cotton Town is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 22. The population density is 283.1 people per km². Cotton Town is located at 40.2795°N, 78.4808°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16625.

Cotton Town occupies a quiet stretch of land where the Smoky Run carves a persistent, shallow path through the earth, marking the boundary between the dense canopy and the open clearing. It lies 17.1 miles south-southwest of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 195°T), and is situated 6.1 miles southwest of Roaring Spring. The air here holds the cool, damp weight of the Allegheny Mountains, which rise in a distant, jagged silhouette against the western sky, anchoring the horizon in a permanent, hazy blue. To the north, the terrain dips into the quiet seclusion of Wolf Hollow, while the nearby expanse of State Game Land 041 offers a sprawling, untamed buffer of thicket and deer trails that define the town's outer limits. When the late afternoon light hits the surface of the Smoky Run, it turns the water into a ribbon of hammered silver, reflecting the stillness of the surrounding woods as the shadows lengthen across the valley floor.

Cotton Town emerged from the ambitions of early inland industry, its name a lingering echo of the mills that once relied on the steady flow of local waterways to drive their machinery. Today, the economy has shifted away from that singular focus, yet the brick facades of the older buildings remain, their mortar weathering under the seasonal shifts of the Pennsylvania climate. Life in Cotton Town moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the proximity of the rugged landscape and the quietude of the surrounding rural tracts. Residents often look toward Portage Reservoir for recreation, finding a sense of scale in its calm waters that contrasts with the constant, murmuring movement of the nearby creeks. This is a place where the history of labor is still visible in the sturdy architecture, holding firm against the inevitable drift of time.

About This Cotton Town Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cotton Town, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.279521, -78.480849. 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 Cotton Town includes the ZIP code (16625), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Blair County (Hollidaysburg), and school district assignment (Claysburg-Kimmel 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.