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Welcome to Cooper ...

Cooper is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cooper, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Cooper is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Cooper (for example, toward Burkesville), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Cooper: 606

Communities Also Named Cooper ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 36 communities that are also named Cooper - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California (2), Colorado, Georgia (3), Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey (2), New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma (2), Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Cooper ...

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

  • Monticello
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Albany
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jamestown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Murl
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Murl is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl
  • Slickford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Slickford is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
  • Alpha
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Alpha is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Mount Pisgah
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
  • Parmleysville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
  • Parnell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Parnell is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
  • Rankin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Rankin is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cooper ...

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

Adding Cooper to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cooper 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 Cooper was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cooper post office opened in 1892. The Cooper post office closed in 1976.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cooper.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cooper - 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/