Cottonwood Texas Map

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.

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 Madison County (Madisonville), 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.