Cottle is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Morgan County,

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, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 460 southeast of the city of West Liberty, the

county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...

of Morgan County. Its elevation is 801 feet (244 m). A post office was established in the community in 1931, which was named for Joseph Cottle, an early settler.

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