Cottonwood is best known within Arizona for Old Town Cottonwood, the historic commercial district centred on Main Street. Set in the Verde Valley near the Verde River, the city grew as a service centre for the nearby copper-mining communities of Jerome and Clarkdale. Today, its early-town streets hold independent shops, galleries and tasting rooms introducing wines from the valley’s vineyard country. The river corridor and Sedona’s red-rock country form part of the wider regional setting, while Cottonwood retains the everyday rhythm of a small Arizona city. See how Cottonwood fits within the Verde Valley by browsing webcams nearby.
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