As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2020

Registration No. 333-215272

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO

FORM S-11

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Cottonwood Communities, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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6340 South 3000 East, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 84121

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(801) 278-0700

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Enzio Cassinis

Chief Executive Officer

Cottonwood Communities, Inc.

6340 South 3000 East, Suite 500

Salt Lake City, UT 84121

(801) 278-0700

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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	Copies to:
Darryl Steinhause, Esq.		Robert H. Bergdolt, Esq.
DLA Piper LLP (US)		Laura K. Sirianni, Esq.
4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100		DLA Piper LLP (US)
San Diego, California 82121		4141 Parklake Avenue, Suite 300
(858) 677-1400		Raleigh, North Carolina 27612-2350
		(919) 786-2000

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: This post-effective amendment is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act and will be effective upon filing.

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Registration No. 333-215272
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Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-215272) is filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) solely to add certain exhibits not previously filed with respect to such Registration Statement.

PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 36. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(b)    Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed as part of this registration statement:

Ex.	Description
23.3	Consent of KPMG, LLP

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-11 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Salt Lake City, State of Utah, on the 30th day of March, 2020.

COTTONWOOD COMMUNITIES, INC.

/s/ Adam Larson

Adam Larson, Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Name	Date
*	March 30, 2020
Enzio Cassinis, Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Adam Larson	March 30, 2020
Adam Larson, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
*	March 30, 2020
Susan Hallenberg, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
*	March 30, 2020
Daniel Shaeffer, Chairman of the Board and Director
*	March 30, 2020
Chad Christensen, Director
*	March 30, 2020
R. Brent Hardy, Independent Director
*	March 30, 2020
Gentry Jensen, Independent Director
*	March 30, 2020
John Lunt, Independent Director

* By:	/s/ Adam Larson
	Adam Larson, Chief Financial Officer and Attorney-in Fact