The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCotton is an unincorporated community in Cotton Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located 36 miles (58 km) north of the city of Duluth at the junction of U.S. Highway 53 (U.S. 53) and Saint Louis County Road 52 (CR 52). Cotton is located 27 miles south of the city of Virginia. Cotton is generally considered the half way point between the cities of Duluth and Virginia. The Whiteface River flows through the community.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 445 to 460 (+3%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cotton yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Cotton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cotton’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Cotton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cotton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Western Bohemian Fraternal Union Hall in Meadowlands, 15.4 miles away.
Cotton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.