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Welcome to Cooks Falls ...

Cooks Falls is located in Delaware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cooks Falls, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Cooks Falls is 1,160 feet [354 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Cooks Falls ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.delawarecounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Cooks Falls, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Cooks Falls ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cooks Falls ...

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

Adding Cooks Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cooks Falls 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 Cooks Falls was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cooks Falls.

Footnotes ...

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