Cottonwood Texas Map

About Cottonwood, Texas

Cottonwood is a locality in Brazos County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 181. The population density is 49.1 people per km². Cottonwood is located at 32.4514°N, 96.4015°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cottonwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 77872, 77808, 76691.

Cottonwood emerges from the vast, sun-drenched plains as a quiet expanse of earth where the horizon stretches thin and pale against a wide, unending sky. It lies 10.9 miles north-northeast of Bryan, TX (from Bryan, TX: bearing 11°T), and is situated 13.9 miles north of College Station. The landscape is defined by the subtle, arid contours of the land, marked by the distant, jagged silhouette of Red Hill rising nine miles to the north. A mile away, Ferrill Branch traces a slow, seasonal path through the brush, its banks lined with the gnarled, hardy vegetation that thrives in this parched, inland climate. Seven miles distant, the terrain dips into the quiet shadows of Dry Hollow, providing a break in the otherwise level, golden-hued prairie that characterizes the region. As the sun begins to retreat, the light catches the dust motes and the dry grasses, casting long, bruised purples across the ground and lending the entire expanse a profound, ancient stillness.

Cottonwood maintains a measured pace of life, rooted in the legacy of agricultural self-reliance that has long defined the character of the settlers who first broke this soil. The local economy persists in a delicate dialogue with the land, shifting between the demands of ranching and the seasonal cycles of the fields. While the stillness of the afternoon might suggest a place caught in amber, there is a persistent vitality in the way the residents gather, occasionally traveling nine miles to the Bryan Regional Athletic Complex for the communal energy of local sport. For those seeking the cooling relief of deeper water, Sweet Lake lies ten miles away, serving as a rare, shimmering reprieve from the heat that defines the long summer months. Cottonwood remains an unadorned reflection of the plains, where the history of the region is whispered in the rustle of the wind and the steady, unpretentious work of those who call this geography their own.

About This Cottonwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cottonwood, Texas. Coordinates: 32.451381, -96.401538. 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 (77872, 77808, 76691), telephone area code (325, 214, 469), county seat of Brazos County (Bryan), and school district assignment (Scurry-Rosser Independent 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.