1845 16/1 Cotton States.
1851 J. A. Quitman in (1860) II. xvi. 125 In the cotton states such sentiments prevail and are growing.
1858 W. L. Yancey in 393 If we..organize ‘committees of safety’ all over the cotton States..we shall fire the Southern heart.
1890 M. Townsend 66 Alabama is called the Cotton State because it is the central State of the Cotton Belt.