Cottonville is an

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located in the town of Preston, Adams County,

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, United States. Cottonville is located on

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and Big Roche Cri Creek north of

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. Originally named Roche-A-Cree, Cottonville was named after Julius Cotton, who built a dam and sawmill on Big Roche-a-Cri Creek in the 1850s.

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