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Cottonwood is located about 21 miles (34 km) west of Chinle and 22 miles (35 km) east of Pinon. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 0.14 square miles (0.37 km 2 ), all land.
Main Street in Cottonwood was created 1908, when two settlers "used a mule team to pull and drag through brush". [5] In 1917, Clemenceau, a mining town that is now part of Cottonwood, was established nearby. [5] The Clemenceau smelter closed in 1936, causing job loses and a disruption to the area. [5] Cottonwood incorporated in 1960. [6]
The Bank of Arizona building is located at 816 N. Main Street Cottonwood, AZ 86326. Opened Jan 25, 1954 as the "most modern" in the state with drive-in teller and complete Air Conditioning. It housed the City of Cottonwood police department until a consolidated police, fire, EMS presence was constructed on 6th Street in the 1990s.
Verde Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 11,605 at the 2010 census . It is a retirement and bedroom community for Cottonwood .
The Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District No. 6 (COCSD) is a school district in Arizona, United States, headquartered in Cottonwood. [2]The school district is located in Yavapai County, and includes almost all of Cottonwood municipality, all of Cornville and Verde Village census-designated places, and portions of Clarkdale municipality. [3]
Chino Valley is the site of the first Territorial Capital of Arizona. The capital moved to Prescott, 15 miles (24 km) away, in 1864. U.S. Army Cavalry Lt. Amiel W. Whipple, while traveling through the area in 1854, gave the community its name. "Chino" is the Spanish name for the abundant curly grama grass growing in the area.
The Cliff Castle Casino, operated by the Yavapai-Apache Nation, is an important gambling destination for north and central Arizona. Fort Verde State Historic Park is located in Camp Verde's Historic Downtown, approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) from each of the three Camp Verde exits.
State Route 260, also known as SR 260, is a 217.78-mile (350.48 km) long east–west major state highway in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona.It connects State Route 89A in Cottonwood to U.S. Route 180 and U.S. Route 191 in Eagar.