Welcome to Cooks Mills ...Cooks Mills is located in Coles County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cooks Mills, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1881. A typical abbreviation for Cooks Mills: Cooks Mls. (or less commonly used: Cooks Mlls.) See our Genealogy Helper Page for Cooks Mills for more information about variations on the name of Cooks Mills. Cooks Mills is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Cooks Mills lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Cooks Mills (for example, toward Universal (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Cooks Mills: 217 & 447<3> Communities Also Named Cooks Mills ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Cooks Mills - they are located in Maine, New Jersey, Ontario (2) and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cooks Mills. Communities near Cooks Mills ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cooks Mills.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cooks Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cooks Mills. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cooks Mills. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cooks Mills. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cooks Mills. See our Newspapers Page for Cooks Mills. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cooks Mills ...Looking for more information about Cooks Mills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cooks Mills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cooks Mills. Adding Cooks Mills to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cooks Mills in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cooks Mills was on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1881). We also found Cooks Mills in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Cooks Mills. Footnotes ...
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