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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Cook (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Cook. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Cook is located in Cooke County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cooke County: Love (OK), Denton, Grayson, Montague & Wise.

Below are the counties that are near Cook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cook:

  • Cooke County     (The home county of Cook)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cook, with the one closest to Cook listed first.
    • Gainesville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Oak Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Ridge is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 255 people
    • Lindsay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Custer City ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Custer City is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer City
    • Lake Kiowa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Callisburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Callisburg is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callisburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Valley View
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Burns City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Burns City is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
    • Myra
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Bloomfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bloomfield is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
    • Hemming
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Hemming is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemming
    • Era
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Hood is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
  • Collin County
    • Celina
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Comanche County
    • Cross Roads
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Cross Roads is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Denton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cook, with the one closest to Cook listed first.
    • Sanger
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Pilot Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bolivar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Bolivar is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
    • Aubrey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Krugerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Krugerville is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krugerville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,871 people
    • Krum
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Krum is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Krum <1>
    • Cross Roads
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Denton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Providence Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Providence Village is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,564 people
    • Quakertown ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Quakertown is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quakertown
    • Lincoln Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 567 people
    • Stony
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Stony is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony
    • Oak Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Grayson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cook, with the one closest to Cook listed first.
    • Collinsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Whitesboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Dixie
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Dixie is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
    • Tioga
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Tioga is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,117 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tioga <1>
    • Ethel
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Ethel is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Sadler
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Sandusky
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandusky is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
    • Basin Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Basin Springs is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Springs
    • Southmayd
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Gordonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gage
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Gage is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
    • Cedar Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Mills is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Mills
    • Gunter
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Montague County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cook, with the one closest to Cook listed first.
    • Hardy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Hardy is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
    • Saint Jo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Forestburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Illinois Bend
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Illinois Bend is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
    • New Harp
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • New Harp is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harp
    • Dye
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Dye is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
    • Bonita
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Bonita is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
  • Wise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cook, with the one closest to Cook listed first.
    • Slidell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Love County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cook, with the one closest to Cook listed first.
    • Thackerville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Marietta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Burneyville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jimtown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jimtown is located in Love County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
    • Leon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Leon is located in Love County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>
  • Marshall County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cook, with the one closest to Cook listed first.
    • Lebanon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Shay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Shay is located in Marshall County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shay

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cook, see our County-by-County Page for Cook.

Cemeteries Near Cook ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cook.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Cook - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cook, with the one closest to Cook listed first.

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
    • The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • East Hill Cemetery
    • Gainesville Fairview Cemetery
    • Howeth Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3524 <2>
  • Redmond Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Dervin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Potter's Field Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter's Field Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Potter's Field Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Gainesville.
    • The Potter's Field Cemetery has also been known as:
    • County Farm Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2203113 <2>
  • Clark County Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Nelson Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Center Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Valley View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Este Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (172 more) ...
    • Osburn Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Callisburg Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • New Hope Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Cook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cook.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Cook, with the one closest to Cook listed first.

  • Gainesville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lindsay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Woodbine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Woodbine is located in Cooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
  • Custer City ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Custer City is located in Cooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer City
  • Valley View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Callisburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Callisburg is located in Cooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callisburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
  • Mountain Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Springs is located in Cooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
  • Myra
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bloomfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bloomfield is located in Cooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
  • Era
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Balm
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Balm is located in Cooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balm
  • Hood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Hood is located in Cooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Collinsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Whitesboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Muenster
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cook.

Newspapers Published in Cook ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cook.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cook, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cook.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cook:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.