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Welcome to Cooksburg ...

Cooksburg is located in Rockcastle County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cooksburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Cooksburg is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cooksburg lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Cooksburg, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Cooksburg: 606

Communities Also Named Cooksburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Cooksburg - they are located in New York and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cooksburg.

Communities near Cooksburg ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cooksburg.

  • Berea
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Berea is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berea <3>
  • London
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Mount Vernon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Brodhead
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Crab Orchard
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • McKee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Annville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Livingston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Orlando
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Orlando is located in Rockcastle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando
  • Climax
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Climax is located in Rockcastle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax

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 Cooksburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cooksburg.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cooksburg. 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 Cooksburg.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cooksburg. See our Newspapers Page for Cooksburg.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cooksburg ...

Looking for more information about Cooksburg? 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 Cooksburg, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cooksburg.

Adding Cooksburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cooksburg 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 (so far) for Cooksburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cooksburg post office opened in 1890. The Cooksburg post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cooksburg.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Rockcastle, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cooksburg - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/