Cottonville, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Cotton- ville is located in Wisconsin
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Cotton- ville is located in the United States
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Coordinates: 44°03′30″N 89°48′23″W / 44.05833°N 89.80639°W / 44.05833; -89.80639
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyAdams
TownPreston
Elevation
294 m (965 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code608
GNIS feature ID1837579[1]

Cottonville is an unincorporated community located in the town of Preston, Adams County, Wisconsin, United States. Cottonville is located on Wisconsin Highway 13 and Big Roche Cri Creek 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Friendship.[2] Originally named Roche-A-Cree, Cottonville was named after Julius Cotton, who built a dam and sawmill on Big Roche-a-Cri Creek in the 1850s.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottonville, Wisconsin
  2. ^ Adams County (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (pdf) on May 16, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
  3. ^ Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.


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