Cottonwood Texas Map

About Cottonwood, Texas

Cottonwood is a locality in Liberty 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 a flat expanse of coastal prairie where the horizon line is thin and sharp against a wide, unrelenting sky. It lies 27.4 miles west-southwest of Beaumont, TX (from Beaumont, TX: bearing 245°T), and is situated 19.3 miles east-southeast of Liberty. The air here holds a heavy, salt-sweet dampness, a constant reminder that the open coastline waits only fifteen miles to the south, drawing the tides toward the muted silt of Lee Cove. East Fork Double Bayou carves a slow, serpentine path through the tall grasses, its dark water reflecting the shifting clouds like a polished obsidian mirror. Not far off, the low profile of Double Gum Island breaks the water’s surface, a solitary cluster of green anchored in the marshes. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the silhouette of Cedar Hill rises faintly in the distance, a small, stubborn geological interruption in a landscape defined by its horizontal reach.

Cottonwood preserves a quiet industry born of the soil and the proximity to the coast, where the economy still leans into the rhythms of the land and the pull of the water. Generations have worked the surrounding fields or looked toward the maritime transit that defines the region’s historical pulse, maintaining a pace that favors steady, deliberate movement over haste. On the edges of the settlement, the protected lands of Cow Island Bayou PRM offer a sanctuary for the migratory birds that pass through, their wings beating against the humid afternoon haze. When the heat relents, residents often move toward the cooling influence of Lake Anahuac, an eleven-mile journey that feels like a pilgrimage to the only freshwater expanse for miles. Life in Cottonwood remains tethered to these natural markers, where the erosion of Lee Gully and the seasonal swelling of the bayou dictate the boundaries of the day as surely as the clock.

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 Liberty County (Liberty), 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.