Cottonwood or cotton wood may refer to:
Plants Celtis conferta subsp. amblyphylla, a tree in the hemp and hackberry family Hibiscus tiliaceus, a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family In the genus Populus, a number of difficult-to-distinguish trees: Populus angustifolia (narrowleaf cottonwood), in the Great Basin Populus balsamifera (balsam cottonwood), in Canada and parts of northern United States Populus heterophylla (swamp cottonwood), in the eastern United States Populus trichocarpa (black cottonwood), in the Pacific Northwest of North America Populus x jackii (balm-of-Gilead) Populus × acuminata, lanceleaf cottonwood, Populus sect. Aigeiros, a section of three species Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), in eastern, central, and southwestern United States, and parts of Canada and Mexico Populus fremontii (Fremont cottonwood), in the southwestern United States and Mexico Populus nigra (black poplar), in Europe, Asia, and Africa
Places United States Cottonwood, Alabama, a town Cottonwood, Arizona, a city Cottonwood, California, a census-designated place in Shasta County Cottonwood, Yolo County, California, a ghost town Cottonwood, Colorado, a neighborhood in the town of Parker Cottonwood, Georgia, an unincorporated community in the City of Fayetteville Cottonwood, Idaho, a city Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, a city Cottonwood, Minnesota, a city Alamogordo, New Mexico, a city named for the great number of very large cottonwood trees in the area; the name means "fat cottonwood" in Spanish Cottonwood, Coal County, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community Cottonwood, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community Cottonwood, South Dakota, a town Alamo, Texas, a city named for the Alamo Mission; the name means "cottonwood" in Spanish Cottonwood, Callahan County, Texas, an unincorporated community Cottonwood, Kaufman County, Texas, a city Cottonwood West, Utah, an unincorporated area in Salt Lake County that has since become part of the cities of Holladay and Murray Cottonwood Heights, Utah, a city south of Cottonwood West
Canada Cottonwoods, Manitoba, an unincorporated community
People Eli Cottonwood, ring name of the professional wrestler Kipp Christianson, formerly from WWE's NXT Joe Cottonwood (born 1947), American author of fiction and poetry
Other uses Cottonwood Limestone, a geologic member of limestone in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma Cottonwood (EP), a 2019 EP by NLE Choppa "Cottonwood", a 2025 song by Twenty One Pilots from Breach
See also Cottonwood Island (disambiguation) Cottonwood Lake (disambiguation) Cottonwood River (disambiguation) Cottonwood Township (disambiguation) Cotton tree (disambiguation) Alamo (disambiguation); cottonwood in Spanish is álamo