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Introduction ...
Below is our collection of tidbits, odds 'n ends for Cooks.
This page contains two sections:
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How Far From Cooks to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cooks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cooks to:
- Montgomery [Map], which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Montgomery [Map], which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies just to the West Southwest (WSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC [Map]) is 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the Northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Cooks to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 39 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock [Map]) is 6,576 miles [10,583 km] and it lies to the Northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba [Map]) is 7,279 miles [11,714.4 km] and it lies to the Northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican [Map]) is 5,157 miles [8,299.4 km] and it lies to the Northeast (NE).<6>
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Communities Also Named Cooks ...
We have found 9 communities that share the name Cooks.
While the name Cooks is unique within Alabama, we know of another 9 communities with the same name in the United States and Canada.
Communities Outside of Alabama
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Kentucky
Rockcastle County
Our profile page for Cooks, Rockcastle County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<7>
Although located in Rockcastle County, we don't know the location of this community within the county.
Maine
Sagadahoc County
Our profile page for Cooks, Sagadahoc County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.
Although located in Sagadahoc County, we don't know the location of this community within the county.
Michigan
Sanilac County
Our profile page for Cooks, Sanilac County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.
Although located in Sanilac County, we don't know the location of this community within the county.
Schoolcraft County
Our profile page for Cooks, Schoolcraft County [Map]
Distance: About 932 miles [1,499.9 km] to the North
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New Mexico
Grant County
Our profile page for Cooks, Grant County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.
Although located in Grant County, we don't know the location of this community within the county.
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New York
Steuben County
Our profile page for Cooks, Steuben County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.
Although located in Steuben County, we don't know the location of this community within the county.
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Ontario
Our profile page for Cooks
We found mention of this community, but have little information.
Although located in , we don't know the location of this community within the county.
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Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County
Our profile page for Cooks, Huntingdon County [Map]
Distance: About 700 miles [1,126.5 km] to the Northeast
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Washington
Skamania County
Our profile page for Cooks, Skamania County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.
Although located in Skamania County, we don't know the location of this community within the county.
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Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cooks. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Montgomery County: www.mc-ala.org/ The official website for State of Alabama: www.alabama.gov/
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance that starts in Cooks. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cooks) to Point B.
Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cooks. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4115, Longitude: -86.1466 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Cooks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).- Return to Citation |
| <2> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Cooks to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or the angle) to Jerusalem is 313.215 degrees. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or the angle) to Mecca is 308.601 degrees. - Return to Citation |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or the angle) to the Vatican is 310.272 degrees. - Return to Citation |
| <7> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. The community might still exist or it might have existed for just a short period of time. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, families in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc.
Also keep in mind that the community could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community.- Return to Citation |
For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Cooks.
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