Cottonwood, Arizona (U.S.)

Cottonwood was incorporated in November 1960. It is located in Yavapai County, between Prescott and Sedona. Cottonwood has grown from a small farming community to the Verde Valley’s population center.

The Verde Valley includes about 714 square miles located in the geographic center of Arizona, about 100 miles north of the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Verde River runs through the valley from northwest to southeast and is augmented by flows from Sycamore Canyon, Oak Creek, Beaver Creek, and West Clear Creek. The area has a variety of physical beauty with the red rocks and Mogollon Rim to the north and east, and the Black Hills and Mingus Mountain dominating the western and southern portions of the valley. Since 2001 Cottonwood has pursued the acquisition of the private water companies serving the area and with those acquisitions the City of Cottonwood has become a full–service municipality.

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