Cottonville, Iowa Explained

Official Name:Cottonville, Iowa
Pushpin Map:Iowa#USA
Pushpin Label:Cottonville
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Iowa
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Jackson
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:997
Coordinates:42.2369°N -90.6019°W
Area Code:563
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:455657

Cottonville is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Iowa, United States.

Geography

Cottonville is located in Richland Township, at 42.2369°N -90.6019°W.

History

Cottonville was founded in Richland Township prior to the American Civil War, and was described by historian James Whitcomb Ellis as a "thriving little town" in that era. Cottonville's post office opened in 1850.[1]

The town of Cottonville had two general stores, two shoe shops, a blacksmith, a wagon shop, a grocery store, a post office, and a saloon. The community also boasted a Methodist church.[2] In the early years, the church shared a preacher with nearby Lamotte to the north.[3]

Cottonville's population was 41 in 1902.[4] The town began to decline with the coming of the railroad to nearby Lamotte, and by 1910, there was only one store and the blacksmith shop left in the Cottonville community. The Methodist church in Cottonville was abandoned around this time.[2] The Cottonville post office, which had been open for fifty years, closed in 1900.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Post Offices . 2022-11-26 . www.postalhistory.com.
  2. Book: Ellis, James Whitcomb . History of Jackson County, Iowa . 1910 . S.J. Clarke Publishing Company . 701 . en.
  3. Book: Annals of Jackson County, Iowa ... No. 1-7 . 1905 . Jackson County Historical Society . 99 . en.
  4. Book: Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition . 1902 . J. R. Gray & Company . 203–207 . en.
  5. 'Iowa Biographical Dictionary,' Volume 1, Jan Oforio, Somerset Publishing Co, Inc., St. Clair Shores, Michigan: 2000, Biographical Sketch of Alva Lysander Hager, pg. 321-322