COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS

Central Texas North

33° 38' 0" N, 97° 13' 0" W (33.633333, -97.216667)

Population: 41,668 (2020)
38,437 (2010) 36,363 (2000) 30,777 (1990)

Total area 898 square miles:
875 square miles land
24 square miles water

Cooke County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Love County, Oklahoma (N) Grayson County (E) Denton County (S) Wise County (SW) Montague County (W)

Cooke County History

(from 1936 Texas Centennial Marker)

COOKE COUNTY
Created March 20, 1848.
Organized March 10, 1849.
Named in honor of William G. Cooke 1808-1847. Captain of the "New Orleans Greys," 1835; Assistant Inspector General at San Jacinto, 1836; member of the Santa Fe Expedition, 1841; Secretary of War and Marine, 1845; Adjutant General, 1846-1847;
County Seat, Gainesville.

Cooke County Courthouse

Cooke County Courthouse
Photo courtesy TXDoT

Cooke County Town List

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County Seat - Gainesville

Gainesville County Seat

Lois

Cooke County Vintage Maps

Cooke County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Cooke County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Cooke County 1930s Map
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Cooke County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Cooke County Centennial Marker

Vandals have removed the bronze County plaque
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2009

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