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Welcome to Cooks Corner ...

Cooks Corner is located in Middlesex County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Cooks Corner: Cooks Cor. (or less commonly used: Cooks Crn.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Cooks Corner for more information about variations on the name of Cooks Corner.

Cooks Corner is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cooks Corner: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Cooks Corner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Cooks Corner - they are located in Maine (2), Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cooks Corner.

Communities near Cooks Corner ...

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

  • West Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Kilmarnock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Irvington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • White Stone
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Harmony Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Harmony Village is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
  • Freeport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Freeport is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
  • Grafton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Grafton is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
  • Remlik
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Millenbeck
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Millenbeck is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millenbeck
  • Hartfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cooks Corner ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Middlesex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cooks Corner - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Cooks Corner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Cooks Corner 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.