Cotton City, New Mexico

About Cotton City

Cotton City, NM is a small unincorporated community located in southwestern New Mexico.

Officially, Cotton City is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 25.82 square miles.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Cotton City Unique

• The only place in America named Cotton City — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southwestern New Mexico, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 20 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Astronomer's Paradise · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Cotton City

• Granite Gap Area of Critical Environmental Concern · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Cotton City

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