Cottondale, Alabama

Cottondale is a census-designated place in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States, now encompassed in the eastern suburbs of Tuscaloosa.[2] The ZIP Code is 35453.[3] Alternative spellings include Cotton Dale, Kennedale, Kennidale and Konnidale.[2]

Cottondale, Alabama
Census-designated place
Location of Cottondale in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
Location of Cottondale in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
Cottondale, Alabama is located in Alabama
Cottondale, Alabama
Cottondale, Alabama
Cottondale, Alabama is located in the United States
Cottondale, Alabama
Cottondale, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°11′22″N 87°27′06″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyTuscaloosa
Area
[1]
 • Total3.46 sq mi (8.97 km2)
 • Land3.44 sq mi (8.92 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation
344 ft (105 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total3,130
 • Density908.83/sq mi (350.94/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
35453
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID116690[2]

Cottondale was the site of cotton mills where the Knights of Labor had some success in organizing drives in the late 1880s; and where "Mother" Jones worked in 1904 while studying conditions for working women and children in the South.

Little girls and boys, barefooted, walked up and down between the endless rows of spindles, reaching thin little hands into the machinery to repair snapped threads.... Tiny babies of six years old with faces of sixty did an eight-hour shift for ten cents a day.... The machines, built in the north, were built low for the hands of little children.[4]

Cottondale was originally called Kennedale in honor of Joseph Kennedy, one of the owners of a local cotton mill. In 1876, the name was changed to Cottondale for the cotton mill.[5]

Demographics

Cottondale first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 census.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20203,130—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

2020 census
Cottondale CDP, Alabama – Racial and Ethnic Composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2020[7] % 2020
White alone (NH) 1,609 51.41%
Black or African American alone (NH) 1,049 33.51%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 9 0.29%
Asian alone (NH) 15 0.48%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 2 0.06%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 8 0.26%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 122 3.90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 316 10.10%
Total 3,130 100.00%

See also

References
  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. "Cottondale". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  4. Nies, Judith. Nine women: portraits from the American radical tradition Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002; p. 112-13
  5. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 41. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Cottondale CDP, Alabama". United States Census Bureau.


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