Cottle County, Texas Map

Reading the Cottle County map

The outline on this map is Cottle County's legal boundary as published in the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER/Line files. At 901 square miles, the county is roughly the size of a square 30 miles on each side — a typical size for a Texas county. Where the border is a ruler-straight line, it was set by survey; where it wiggles, it usually follows a river, creek or old land grant.

The red marker shows Paducah, the county seat, and the highlighted shapes in the schematic view are the bordering counties. Use the layer switcher to change between street, satellite and terrain backgrounds: satellite is best for seeing farmland and development patterns, while terrain shows hills, valleys and river corridors.

What surrounds Cottle County

Moving around the compass, Cottle County borders Hall to the northwest; King to the south; Hardeman to the northeast; Foard to the east; Motley to the west; Childress to the north.

For travel planning, the nearest large cities are Lubbock (~97 mi), Wichita Falls (~103 mi), Abilene (~117 mi). Distances are straight-line from the county's center; driving distances are usually 15–30% longer depending on the road network.

Landscape of the North Texas

North Texas runs from the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex out to the Red River and the Rolling Plains. It mixes one of America's largest urban regions with wheat fields, cattle country and small towns that grew up along railroads.

How to use or print this map

To keep a copy, use the Download PDF button below the map: it saves a letter-size PDF of Cottle County built from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 boundary files, showing neighboring counties and incorporated places. The Official TxDOT road map button downloads the Texas Department of Transportation county road mapbook. The Print map button opens a print-ready layout for paper printing. For a statewide view showing all 254 counties with their seats, use our free Texas map with counties and cities PDF.

Teachers often pair this map with the county's neighbors to practice cardinal directions, while genealogists use it to identify which neighboring courthouses may hold older records — many Texas counties were carved out of larger ones, and Cottle County itself was formed from Fannin County.