Cottondale
N 33° 03.892 W 097° 42.375
14S E 620771 N 3659222
Texas Historical Marker commemorating Cottondale, TX, the area's oldest settlement. The marker is on the side of a tabernacle at the Cottondale Community Center, which was previously the Cottondale School.
Waymark Code: WME54Y
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/04/2012
Views: 3
The Cottondale Cemetery is behind the tabernacle and school. Gangster Machine Gun Kelly is buried here.
Marker Number: 1078
Marker Text:
Area's oldest settlement. Platted by landowner B. F. Banks, who also gave lots for public use. Named, 1875, for lush growth of cotton planted by John Bridges, blacksmith, to finance a trip to Alabama to bring back his bride. Paradise took over town's post office, 1912; school, 1933. (1968)
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