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Cottonwood Texas Map

Explore Cottonwood, Texas, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Cottonwood, Texas

How to Use This Cottonwood, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cottonwood, Texas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Texas or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Cottonwood.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Cottonwood
State	Texas (TX)
County	Madison County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.451381
Longitude	-96.401538
Population	181
Density	49.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	77872, 77808, 76691, 75158
Area Code	325, 214, 469
County Seat	Madisonville
School District	Scurry-Rosser Independent School District

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About Cottonwood, Texas

Cottonwood is a locality in Madison 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 sits amidst a wide, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising under a heavy, blue sky. It lies 27.3 miles northeast of Bryan, TX (from Bryan, TX: bearing 53°T), and is situated 6.0 miles west-southwest of Madisonville. The earth here is defined by the slow erosion of limestone and the persistent, dry heat that pulls the color from the prairie grass until it turns the pale shade of cured hay. Only a mile away, Iron Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the dirt, its banks lined with scrubby brush that thrives despite the scarcity of rain. Toward the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Hayden Mountain marks the distance, a reminder of the rugged terrain that exists beyond these plains. The air carries a sharp, metallic clarity at dusk, as if the cooling ground is exhaling the day’s stored heat into the darkening atmosphere.

Cottonwood emerged from the necessity of agrarian survival, its development tied to the cycles of planting and the quiet endurance of those who worked the surrounding fields. The local economy remains tethered to the land, moving at a tempo dictated by the seasons rather than the frantic pace of the outside world. Residents often look toward the nearby Cedar Gully for a change in the topography, or find a brief, shaded respite at Marian Anderson Park, a sanctuary of quiet growth five miles away. Occasional trips to the Soil Conservation Service Site 2 Reservoir offer a rare, still reflection of the sky, providing a necessary anchor for a population that values the stillness of the plains. Life in Cottonwood persists with a modest, steady hum, grounded in the simple, repetitive labor that has defined the character of these people for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cottonwood Baptist Church (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 061° NE
Cottonwood Cemetery (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 007° N
Rosser Depot of the Texas Midland Railroad (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 284° W
Kaufman Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 11.3 mi, 031° NE
City Lakes Park (Local Park) — 11.8 mi, 034° NE
Cedar Creek Islands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.1 mi, 108° E
Ennis Railroad and Cultural Heritage Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 226° SW
Simonds Lake (Local Park) — 16.6 mi, 322° NW
Oldest Wilmer Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 17.2 mi, 312° NW
Bardwell Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 17.8 mi, 236° SW
Bardwell Lake (Recreation Area) — 18.3 mi, 236° SW
Cottonwood Creek Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 18.5 mi, 307° NW
Hometown Cinema (Cinema) — 18.7 mi, 021° N
SwCC Entrance Sign (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 019° N
Old Tank (Public Artwork) — 20.8 mi, 017° N
Terrell Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 20.9 mi, 017° N
Trinity River Greenbelt (Local Recreation) — 22.4 mi, 314° NW
Purtis Creek State Park (State Park) — 23.4 mi, 104° E
Light Crust Doughboys Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 332° NW
Pioneer Village of Navarro County (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 190° S
Snake Encounters (Attraction) — 26.4 mi, 294° NW
Tiger Stadium (Stadium) — 26.4 mi, 195° S
Pearce Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 192° S
Falconry Stage (Theatre) — 29.1 mi, 258° W
Roundabout Stage (Theatre) — 29.2 mi, 257° W
Texas Star (Attraction) — 30.6 mi, 317° NW
Dallas Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 317° NW
Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 35.2 mi, 150° SE
Cedar Hill State Park (State Park) — 35.3 mi, 289° W
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 68.2 mi, 125° SE · 16k acres

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