Cottonwood (Arizona)
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Location in County and Arizona
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Basic data | |
State : | United States |
State : | Arizona |
County : | Yavapai County |
Coordinates : | 34 ° 44 ′ N , 112 ° 1 ′ W |
Time zone : | Mountain Standard Time ( UTC − 7 ) |
Residents : | 11,265 (as of 2010) |
Population density : | 406.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 27.7 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) |
Height : | 1010 m |
Postal code : | 86326 |
Area code : | +1 928 |
FIPS : | 04-16410 |
GNIS ID : | 0027993 |
Website : | cottonwoodaz.gov |
Mayor : | Tim Elinski (as of 2018) |
Cottonwood is a US city in Arizona in Yavapai County . In 2016 it had around 11,600 inhabitants on an area of 27.6 km². Arizona State Route 89A , where Arizona State Route 260 begins, runs through Cottonwood .
history
The first Anglo-American settlers settled in the Cottonwood area, inhabited by the Apaches and Yavapai, in the late 1870s. They provided the soldiers in the nearby Camp Verde and the numerous workers involved in the exploitation of the gold, silver and copper mines in neighboring Jerome .
Cottonwood received city status in 1960.
Population development
year | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016 |
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Residents | 1,879 | 2,610 | 4,550 | 5,918 | 9,179 | 11,265 | 11,598 |
Source: United Stats Census Bureaux, 2016: estimate |
sons and daughters of the town
- Ambyr Childers (born 1988), actress
Web links
Commons : Cottonwood, Arizona - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ American FactFinder - Cottonwood City, Arizona , accessed April 12, 2018
- ↑ City of Cottonwood - About Cottonwood , accessed April 12, 2018
- ↑ United States Cenus Bureaux - Census of Population and Housing