| Official Name: | Cottonwood, Arizona |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Arizona |
| Pushpin Label: | Cottonwood |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name1: | Arizona |
| Subdivision Name2: | Apache |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.41 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.16 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.41 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.16 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 3461 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 167 |
| Population Density Km2: | 411.34 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1063.69 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 36.7272°N -112.025°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 04-16360 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2410242 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Cottonwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 226 at the 2010 census.[2]
Cottonwood is located about west of Chinle and east of Pinon.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.37km2, all land.[2]
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) operates the Cottonwood Day School in Cottonwood.[3]
Cottonwood is in the Chinle Unified School District,[4] which operates Chinle High School.