Cottonville, Iowa

Cottonville is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Iowa, United States.[1]

Cottonville, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Cottonville is located in Iowa
Cottonville
Cottonville
Cottonville is located in the United States
Cottonville
Cottonville
Coordinates: 42°14′13″N 90°36′07″W
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyJackson
Elevation
997 ft (304 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code563
GNIS feature ID455657[1]

Geography

Cottonville is located in Richland Township, at 42°14′13″N 90°36′07″W.[1]

History
Cottonville in Jackson County, Iowa, in 1903

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.[2] Cottonville's post office opened in 1850.[3]

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.[4]

Cottonville's population was 41 in 1902.[5] 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.[3]

Notable person
  • Alva L. Hager, Iowa politician and lawyer, lived near Cottonville with his parents.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Cottonville, Iowa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Ellis, James Whitcomb (1910). History of Jackson County, Iowa. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 701.
  3. "Post Offices". www.postalhistory.com. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  4. Annals of Jackson County, Iowa ... No. 1-7. Jackson County Historical Society. 1905. p. 99.
  5. Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  6. '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


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