Cotton, Georgia

Cotton, Georgia
Cotton Community
Unincorporated community
Country United States
State Georgia
County Mitchell
Elevation 325 ft (99 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code 31765
Area code(s) 229

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 Flint River & Northeastern Railroad depot.[3] The present name is after the local cotton growing industry.[2] Cotton's town charter was dissolved in 1995.[2]

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]

  1. 1 2 "DeWitt, Georgia GA Community". Georgia Hometown Locator. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  2. 1 2 3 Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 52. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  3. ↑ Acts and Resolutons of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. State printer. 1913. pp. 757–758.

Coordinates: 31°09′42″N 84°04′01″W / 31.16167°N 84.06694°W / 31.16167; -84.06694

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