Cottage was an unincorporated community in Hardin County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.

[2] In 1870, the Cottage townsite was platted on the corners of Sections 28, 29, 32, and 33 of Ellis Township.

Historian William J Moir noted that the community conducted good business for several years following its founding.

W. A. Caraway established a cheese factory and a general store in Cottage in 1881–1882.

[3] Cottage Cemetery, on county road J Avenue,[5] still marks the site of the community.