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Do you know of Cooks Springs ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cooks Springs. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Cooks Springs.<1>

Our sources for Cooks Springs (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Cooks Springs other than they indicate that Cooks Springs would be found somewhere in Grayson County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1896.

Communities Also Named Cooks Springs ...

We found one communities that share the name Cooks Springs.

Within Texas, the name Cooks Springs is unique.

Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Cooks Springs in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Saint Clair County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cooks Springs [Saint Clair County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cooks Springs ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cooks Springs:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Cooks Springs - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Grayson County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Grayson County.

BlissNorton
  
ChoctawPerrin
Cotton MillPreston Shores
Cutler 
 Reavesville
DayRed River
DeaverReddam
Dugansville 
 Schenck
ElmviewSouth Gale
 Standard
Hiland ShoresSun
 Sunbeam
Jameson 
 Tadey
LyonTodd
  
Martin SpringsWashita
McCuneWaterloo
 Woodlake
North Sherman 

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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