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Welcome to Cooley ...

Cooley is located in Itasca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cooley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1925.

Cooley is 1,440 feet [439 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cooley: 218

Communities Also Named Cooley ...

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

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

Communities near Cooley ...

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

  • Hibbing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Hibbing is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbing
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,716 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hibbing <3>
  • Grand Rapids
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Chisholm
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Coleraine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Keewatin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Keewatin is located in Itasca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keewatin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,010 people
  • Bovey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Marble
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • La Prairie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • La Prairie is located in Itasca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Prairie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
  • Taconite
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Taconite is located in Itasca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taconite
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 629 people
  • Calumet
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cooley ...

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

Adding Cooley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cooley post office opened in 1925. The Cooley post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cooley.

Footnotes ...

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