Cotton Center Texas Map

About Cotton Center, Texas

Cotton Center is a locality in Hale County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Cotton Center is located at 33.9931°N, 101.9930°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79021.

Cotton Center rises from the flat, broad expanse of the High Plains, a land where the sky seems to stretch on forever, bruised with the evening's deep purples and fading oranges. It lies 29.8 miles north-north-west of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 345°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west-south-west of Hale Center. The terrain here is a study in subtle contours, a vast, open canvas where the wind sculpts the dust into shifting patterns across fields that lie in immense, geometric quilts. The air, when the sun relinquishes its hold, carries the dry, earthy scent of parched soil and the faint, sweet whisper of ripening cotton. Here, the horizon is a constant, unwavering line, broken only by the occasional grain silo or the skeletal silhouette of a wind turbine, markers of human endeavor against the immense, elemental backdrop. This is a place etched by the legacy of cotton, the crop that gave Cotton Center its name and sustained its people for generations. The local economy, though diversified now, still echoes the rhythmic pull of the harvest, the hum of tractors in the distance a familiar soundtrack to the quiet days. History is not a grand pronouncement here, but a quiet understanding, a continuity of life lived close to the land. The distinctive character of Cotton Center lies in its unpretentious resilience, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have carved a life from this wide, open country, their stories woven into the very fabric of the soil.

About This Cotton Center Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cotton Center, Texas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 33.993138, -101.992954. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Cotton Center and Hale County.

Detailed location data for Cotton Center includes the ZIP code (79041), telephone area code (972, 469, 806), county seat of Hale County (Plainview), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Cotton Center is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.