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Welcome to Cooke Crossroads ...

Cooke Crossroads is located in Dorchester County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Cooke Crossroads: Cooke Xrds.

Cooke Crossroads is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cooke Crossroads: 843 & 854<3>

Communities near Cooke Crossroads ...

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

  • Charleston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • North Charleston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Summerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Goose Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Hanahan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Hollywood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Ravenel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lincolnville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
    • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
  • Ridgeville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Meggett
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cooke Crossroads ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Dorchester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cooke Crossroads - 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 843 code has been Overlayed with the 854 area code. New phone numbers in the Cooke Crossroads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Cooke Crossroads 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.