Welcome to Cooper Lake ...

Cooper Lake is located in Albany County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cooper Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

A typical abbreviation for Cooper Lake: Cooper Lk.

Cooper Lake is 7,030 feet [2,143 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cooper Lake is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Cooper Lake lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Cooper Lake: 307

Communities near Cooper Lake ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Cooper Lake.

• Rock River
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Rock River is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock River
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock River <3>
• Bosler
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bosler is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosler
• Wyoming Station ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wyoming Station is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Station
  • Wyoming Station has also been known as:
  • Wyoming
• Rock Creek ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Rock Creek is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
• Howell
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Howell is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
• Laramie
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Laramie is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laramie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,661 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laramie <3>
• Medicine Bow
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Medicine Bow is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Bow
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Bow <3>
• Centennial
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Centennial is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centennial <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cooper Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cooper Lake.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cooper Lake ...

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

Adding Cooper Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cooper Lake 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 (so far) for Cooper Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cooper Lake post office opened in 1878. The Cooper Lake post office closed in 1878.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cooper Lake.