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Welcome to Cooks Ferry ...

Cooks Ferry is located in Hinds County<1>.

Cooks Ferry is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cooks Ferry: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Cooks Ferry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Cooks Ferry - they are located in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Cooks Ferry ...

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

  • Jackson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Pearl
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pearl is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,560 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl <4>
  • Madison
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Brandon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ridgeland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Clinton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Byram
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Flowood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Crystal Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Florence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cooks Ferry ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Hinds, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cooks Ferry - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Cooks Ferry area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Cooks Ferry 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.