Cotton Center, Texas

Cotton Center, Texas
Cotton Center
Town
Tower holding water from the Ogallala Aquifer
Country  United States
State  Texas
Region Llano Estacado
County Hale County
Elevation 1,059 m (3,474 ft) [1]
Coordinates 33°59′35″N 101°59′35″W / 33.99306°N 101.99306°W / 33.99306; -101.99306
Area 54.7 km2 (21 sq mi)
Population 174 (2000)
Founded 1925
Government unincorporated
Timezone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
Postal code 79021
Area code 806
Website: Handbook of Texas: Cotton Center]

Cotton Center is an unincorporated community in western Hale County, Texas, United States, located approximately 12 miles southwest of Hale Center. Until the late 19th century the Comanche tribe of Native-Americans occupied the area. In 1907, with the coming of a branch of the Santa Fe Railroad, a number of farming operations were established. Cotton Center was originally created in 1925 as a consolidated school district, with a small town site, containing the school, cotton gins and various businesses to support the surrounding farms.[2] In 1935 a local post office opened, and the first irrigation well was drilled.[2] By the late 1940s irrigation wells proliferated, pumping water from the Ogallala Aquifer. The community revolves around farming and is tied together by the school, which as of 2005 had 140 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

Cotton Center has remained stable population wise for the past 10 years.

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