Cottonwood Texas Map

About Cottonwood, Texas

Cottonwood is a locality in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 254. The population density is 89.6 people per km². Cottonwood is located at 32.4679°N, 96.3892°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 75158.

Cottonwood lies in a landscape of subtle, low-lying hills, where the earth, a rich, dark loam, readily yields to the plough and the persistent Texas sun. It lies 20.0 miles south-south-east of Forney, TX (from Forney, TX: bearing 166°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-south-west of Kaufman. The air here, especially in the late afternoons of spring, carries a faint, sweet scent of freshly turned soil and the distant, almost imperceptible hum of cicadas beginning their evening chorus. Scattered stands of post oak and mesquite punctuate the rolling terrain, their branches reaching out like gnarled hands against the vast, often crystalline blue of the sky. The land itself feels ancient and patient, a place where the wind shapes the grass in slow, deliberate waves, and the heat of the day seems to settle into the very bones of the earth. This particular stretch of Kaufman County has long been defined by its agricultural roots, a legacy etched into the very way the land is managed, with fields of cotton and sorghum stretching towards the horizon. The local economy, though diversified in recent years, still echoes the rhythm of the harvest, the quiet hum of machinery a familiar sound during certain seasons. Cottonwood itself, a place that has seen generations of families work this ground, holds a quiet resilience, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called it home. Its character is one of understated endurance, a community built on the steady labour of its people, where the pace of life is dictated more by the sun and seasons than by any clock.

About This Cottonwood Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Cottonwood, Texas with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Cottonwood and Kaufman County.

Detailed location data for Cottonwood includes the ZIP code (77872), telephone area code (325, 214, 469), county seat of Kaufman County (Kaufman), and school district assignment (Scurry-Rosser Independent School District). 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 Cottonwood is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.