Cotton, Georgia
Unincorporated community in Georgia, United States
31°09′42″N 84°04′01″W / 31.1617°N 84.0669°W / 31.1617; -84.066931765
Cotton is an unincorporated community located in Mitchell County, United States.[1]
History
Cotton was originally called "Mapleton", and under the latter name was founded in 1899.[2] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1913 as the "Town of Cotton", with municipal corporate limits extending in a one-half mile radius from the central railroad depot.[3] The present name is after the local cotton growing industry.[2] Cotton's town charter was dissolved in 1995.[4]
Geography
Cotton's latitude is at 31.162 and its longitude is at -84.067. Its elevation rests at 325 feet. Cotton appears on the Cotton South U.S. Geological Survey Map.[1]
See also
External links
- ^ a b "DeWitt, Georgia GA Community". Georgia Hometown Locator. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
- ^ a b Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 52. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
- ^ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. State printer. 1913. pp. 757–758.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cotton
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Municipalities and communities of Mitchell County, Georgia, United States
County seat: Camilla
- Baconton
- Camilla
- Meigs‡
- Pelham
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communities
- Adelaide
- Akridge
- Branchville
- Cotton
- DeWitt
- Flint
- Greenough
- Greenwood
- Hinsonton
- Hopeful
- Laney
- Lester
- Pebble City
- Petty
- Rogerville
- Saco
- Vada‡
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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