Cottonton
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Location in Alabama
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alabama | ||
| County : | Russell County | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 9 ′ N , 85 ° 4 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 136 (as of:) | ||
| Height : | 70 m | ||
| Postal code : | 36851 | ||
| Area code : | +1 334 | ||
| FIPS : | 01-17728 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0116693 | ||
Cottonton is an unincorporated community in Russell County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Cottonton is located in southeast Alabama in the southern United States. The place is about two kilometers west of the 690 kilometer long Chattahoochee River , which also forms the border with Georgia and merges into the Apalachicola River in Florida before it finally flows into the Gulf of Mexico .
Nearby locations include Omaha , Georgia (5 km east), Pittsview (9 km northwest), Glenville (9 km southwest), Eufaula (13 km south), and Cusseta , Georgia (16 km northeast). The next larger city with 205,000 inhabitants is the capital of Alabama, Montgomery, about 96 kilometers to the northwest .
traffic
Cottonton is located at an intersection of Alabama State Route 165 and Alabama State Route 208 , which becomes Georgia State Route 39 beyond the Georgia border . US Highway 431 runs about nine kilometers to the west .
Weedon Field Airport is around 21 kilometers south , and Columbus Metropolitan Airport is 42 kilometers north .
