Cottondale is an unincorporated community in Wise County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The area is loosely located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
History The area would gain its name from a cotton crop of John Thomas Bridges, a native of Alabama who had settled in Wise County. A post office was established in 1875, and it was discontinued in 1912.
Cottondale in Popular Culture The American Gangster Machine Gun Kelly would pass away of a heart attack at Leavenworth Prison on July 17, 1954 in Leavenworth, Kansas, and was buried in the Cottondale Cemetery.
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