Cottonwood
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census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Shasta
- Total
- 13.225 sq mi (34.25 km )
- Land
- 13.225 sq mi (34.25 km )
- Water
- 0.00 sq mi (0 km ) 0%
- Elevation
- 492 ft (150 m)
- Density
- 474.0/sq mi (183.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 06-16630
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Cottonwood
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Shasta County
- Population
- 6268
- Area
- 5.993349
- Elevation
- 433
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00
- Image
- Cottonwood, Shasta County, August 2022-8336.jpg
- Households
- 2153
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- postal code
- 96022
- water as percent of area
- 0
- name
- Cottonwood, California
- Commons category
- Cottonwood, California
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 7344
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Cottonwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Shasta County, California, United States. Its population is 6,268 as of the 2020 census, up from 3,316 from the 2010 census. Cottonwood was a stagecoach town where a settlement was established in 1849. The first Post Office was opened in 1852. Cottonwood is equidistant between Redding and Red Bluff, 15 miles (24 km) in either direction. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Anderson.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cottonwood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations