Funeral Homes in Cotton Center, TX

Facts about the city

Cotton Center is an unincorporated community in western Hale County, Texas, United States, located approximately 12 miles southwest of Hale Center. Until the late 19th century the Comanche tribe of Native-Americans occupied the area. In 1907, with the coming of a branch of the Santa Fe Railroad, a number of farming operations were established. Cotton Center was originally created in 1925 as a consolidated school district, with a small unincorporated community site, containing the school, cotton gins and various businesses to support the surrounding farms. In 1935 a local post office opened, and the first irrigation well was drilled. By the late 1940s irrigation wells proliferated, pumping water from the Ogallala Aquifer. The community revolves around farming and is tied together by the school, which as of 2005 had 140 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12.Cotton Center has remained stable, population wise, for the past 10 years.

Cotton Center Obituaries

It was written on March 25th, 2013 that Mac Moore perished in Capitan, New Mexico.  Moore was 71 years old and was born in Cotton Center, TX.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Mac's life.

It was written by Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on September 4th, 2012 that Connie Burnett (Taylor) passed away in Cotton Center, Texas.  Ms. Burnett was 51 years old and was born in Winter Park, FL.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Connie's life.

History

Until the late 1800s the Comanche tribe of Native-Americans occupied the area. The community revolves around farming and is tied together by the Cotton Center Independent School District which as of 2005 had 140 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. By the late 1940s irrigation wells proliferated, pumping water from the Ogallala Aquifer. In 1907, with the coming of a branch of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Fe Railroad, a number of farming operations were established. Cotton Center is an unincorporated area community in western Hale County, Texas County, Texas, United States, located approximately 12 miles southwest of Hale Center, Texas Center.

The official website for the city of Cotton Center is https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlc52.