Cottonwood, Idaho
| Cottonwood, Idaho | |
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| Coordinates: 46°3′8″N 116°21′2″W / 46.05222°N 116.35056°WCoordinates: 46°3′8″N 116°21′2″W / 46.05222°N 116.35056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Idaho |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.8 sq mi (2.2 km2) |
| • Land | 0.8 sq mi (2.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,497 ft (1,066 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 900 |
| • Density | 1,136.4/sq mi (438.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 83522, 83533 |
| Area code(s) | 208 |
| FIPS code | 16-18640 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0372152 |
Cottonwood is a city in Idaho County, Idaho, United States. The population was 900 at the 2010 census. Cottonwood is just west of U.S. Route 95, between Grangeville and Lewiston.
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[edit] Cottonwood Butte
The Cottonwood Butte ski area is west of the city, on the east face of the mountain of the same name. During the Cold War, the mountain was the site of Cottonwood Air Force Station, an early warning radar installation of the U.S. Air Force. Construction of the station began in 1956 and it went operational in early 1959.[1] The radar tower was at the summit and the cantonment of the station was at 4,400 feet (1,300 m), about one mile (1.6 km) below the present base of the ski area on Radar Road. The 27-unit family housing area was built in the city of Cottonwood, on Butte Drive in the north end. The radar was significantly upgraded with a new tower in 1962,[2] but the station was obsolete within three years and was deactivated.[3] The buildings of Cottonwood AFS became a Job Corps center in 1965, supervised by the U.S. Forest Service. It was transferred to the state of Idaho in 1974, and was converted to the minimum-security North Idaho Correctional Institution.[4][5]
[edit] St. Gertrude's
Also west of the city is the Monastery of St. Gertrude, begun in the early 1900s. The community of Benedictine sisters traces their history to twelfth-century Switzerland. The chapel at St. Gertrude's is among the most ornate in the state and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
[edit] Geography
Cottonwood is located at 46°3′8″N 116°21′2″W / 46.05222°N 116.35056°W (46.052231, -116.350655).[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all of it land.
[edit] Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1880 | 50 |
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| 1890 | 72 | 44.0% | |
| 1900 | 400 | 455.6% | |
| 1910 | 555 | 38.8% | |
| 1920 | 610 | 9.9% | |
| 1930 | 519 | −14.9% | |
| 1940 | 673 | 29.7% | |
| 1950 | 689 | 2.4% | |
| 1960 | 1,081 | 56.9% | |
| 1970 | 867 | −19.8% | |
| 1980 | 941 | 8.5% | |
| 1990 | 882 | −6.3% | |
| 2000 | 944 | 7.0% | |
| 2010 | 900 | −4.7% | |
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As of the census[9] of 2000, there were 944 people, 364 households, and 242 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,136.4 people per square mile (439.1/km²). There were 398 housing units at an average density of 479.1 per square mile (185.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.99% White, 0.64% Native American, 0.42% Asian, and 0.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.42% of the population.
There were 364 households out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.5% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.14.
In the city the population was spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $34,167, and the median income for a family was $39,625. Males had a median income of $30,833 versus $20,833 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,003. About 5.8% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] References
- ^ Spokesman-Review - Cottonwood radar unit is readied - 1958-11-30 - p.18
- ^ Lewiston Morning Tribune - Cottonwood Butte monster to be clad in a cocoon - 1962-03-25 - sec.2, p.3
- ^ Lewiston Morning Tribune - Memory of Cottonwood Butte will go with major to Thailand - 1965-05-17 - p.8
- ^ Lewiston Morning Tribune - State signs lease on Job Corps site - 1974-11-15 - p.16A
- ^ Idaho Department of Corrections - North Idaho Correctional Institution - accessed 2011-11-21
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ Moffatt, Riley. Population History of Western U.S. Cities & Towns, 1850-1990. Lanham: Scarecrow, 1996, 91.
- ^ "Subcounty population estimates: Idaho 2000-2007" (CSV). United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2009-03-18. http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2007-16.csv. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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