This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BMB.2ACE/1233.1 Message Board Post: I don't know if this has anything to do with what you are looking for or not.....the name Cottonwood sounded familiar to me. In my research on family lines in Andrew Cnty., MO, I have one anscestor that was married in Andrew Cnty., MO, in 1854, then in 1860, the census listed him and his family as living in Cottonwood, Chase, KS. Then this family was back in Missouri, in Nodaway Cnty. So, long story short, there must have been a Cottonwood in KS, probably not too far from this area of MO??? But I haven't looked at the maps yet to try to figure out where this is. Sorry can't be of more help. LaDonna