2016 Map of Cottonwood

About this map

Cottonwood sits at the heart of this Lyon County landscape, where the town grid meets the shores of Cottonwood Lake. The town's layout is well-defined by local thoroughfares such as Main St, Front St, and E Prairie St, reflecting its role as a local center of commerce and community. Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of several burial grounds, including the Cottonwood Cem, Christ Cem, and English Cem near the town site, as well as Saint Clotilde Cem further south. The natural geography is characterized by several distinctive water bodies and drainage systems, most notably Sham Lake, Lady Slipper Lake, and the Lady Shoe Lake Bed. In the southern reaches of the quadrangle, the Redwood River and Threemile Cr carve through the agricultural plains, illustrating the drainage patterns that have historically shaped local land use.