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Cottonwood

Ghost town · Owyhee County, Idaho

Wickahoney Point quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)
Wickahoney Point quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cottonwood is a ghost town in Owyhee County, Idaho. It is one of 11 former communities in Owyhee County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 36 Idaho counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cottonwood as a historical populated place on the Wickahoney Point topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.4860° N, 116.0082° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWickahoney Point
Elevation5,418 ft
Nearest living townBruneau, ID
Distance to it28.8 miles
GNIS feature ID397576
Coordinates42.48601, -116.00815

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What's there now

Cottonwood is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bruneau, ID (population 36), about 28.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,418 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Cottonwood?

Cottonwood is in Owyhee County, Idaho, at 42.4860, -116.0082.

How many ghost towns are in Owyhee County?

Owyhee County, Idaho has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.