Cotton Hill | |
|---|---|
 Waters of Lake Springfield above former site of Cotton Hill | |
  Cotton Hill | |
| Coordinates: 39°41′43″N 89°37′44″W / 39.69528°N 89.62889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Sangamon |
| Township | Ball |
| Mill built | 1827 |
| Razed and flooded | 1935 |
| Named for | Cotton Hill Township |
| Elevation | 550 ft (170 m) |
Cotton Hill, also known as Crow's Mill or Cotton Hill Post Office, was a small unincorporated community on the banks of Sugar Creek in Ball Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, about eight miles south of downtown Springfield. It stood for slightly over a century, from the 1820s until it was razed in the 1930s to make way for Lake Springfield. In 1900 the community had an estimated population of 150, a post office and a train station on the Illinois Central.[1] Just before its demolition in the 1930s the community had a store, a schoolhouse, a blacksmith's shop, and a gas station on Route 66.[2]
- ^ Official List of Officers, Agents, Stations, Attorneys, Surgeons, Etc. Illinois Central Railroad Company. November 1, 1900.
- ^ Mazrim & Mann 2021, p. 15.