Cottonville 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 Stanly County,

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, United States. Richardson Creek flows three miles southeast of Cottonville. An EF1 tornado struck Cottonville on May 11, 2019. Several trees were snapped or uprooted in and around the community.

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