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Welcome to Cooktown ...

Cooktown is located in Barren County<1>.

Cooktown is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cooktown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Cooktown and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Cooktown: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Cooktown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Cooktown - they are located in Georgia (2), Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Cooktown ...

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

  • Glasgow
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Scottsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Tompkinsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Park City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Gamaliel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hiseville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Hiseville is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
  • Fountain Run
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Austin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Austin is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
  • Lucas
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Hermon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mount Hermon is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cooktown ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Barren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cooktown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Cooktown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Cooktown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.