Welcome to Cooks Point ...
Cooks Point is located Cooks Point is located in Burleson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cooks Point, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. A typical abbreviation for Cooks Point: Cooks Pt. See our Genealogy Helper Page for Cooks Point for more information about variations on the name of Cooks Point. Cooks Point is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Cooks Point lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Cooks Point: (979) We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cooks Point. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cooks Point. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cooks Point. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cooks Point. 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 Point. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cooks Point. See our Newspapers Page for Cooks Point. Looking for more information about Cooks Point? 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 Point, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cooks Point. We originally found mention of Cooks Point 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 for Cooks Point was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Cooks Point.
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Communities near Cooks Point ...
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Burleson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cooks Point - 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> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.