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Town of Cotton Valley

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Cotton Valley
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Population: 1,130
Mayor:
Jack Maynor, Jr. (D)
(318) 832-4446


Clerk:
Myra Kilburn
(318) 832-2483
P. O. Box 415
Cotton Valley, LA 71018


Chief of Police:
James A. Collins (D)




Webster
Parish Info


Cotton Valley first appeared on a map in 1871 but most of its settlers came from the southeastern states in the 1850s. The railroad was built east of town in 1898, followed by a sawmill in 1905 and oil and gas production began in 1922.

Type of Government: Mayor and Bd. of Alderman (5) Lawrason Act
Police: 3 officers.
Fire Department: 24 vol.
Fire Rating: 8 in city.v Health Care: See Springhill


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