- Cookson, Oklahoma
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Cookson — Unincorporated community — Location within the state of Oklahoma Coordinates: 35°42′39″N 94°55′12″W / 35.71083°N 94.92°WCoordinates: 35°42′39″N 94°55′12″W / 35.71083°N 94.92°W Country United States State Oklahoma County Cherokee Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5) ZIP codes 74427 FIPS code GNIS feature ID Cookson is a rural community in the Cookson Hills of Cherokee County, Oklahoma. The post office opened April 11, 1895. The ZIP Code is 74427. It is said to have been named for the first postmaster, John H. Cookson.
Notable residents
- Professional fisherman and television host Jimmy Houston[1]
The Ballew family still stands to be the majority residing family in the town of Cookson (and its surrounding areas).
Notes
Sources
- Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .
Municipalities and communities of Cherokee County, Oklahoma County seat: Tahlequah City Towns Fort Gibson‡ | Hulbert | Oaks‡
CDPs Unincorporated
communitiesBarber | Briggs | Caney Ridge | Carters Landing Cookson | Dry Creek | Eli | Ellerville | Etta | Gabriel | Gideon | Green County Estates | Indian Meadows | Liberty | Lowrey | Manard | Melvin | Metory | Moodys | Park Hill | Peggs | Pettit | Pettit Bay | Pumpkin Center | Qualls | Scraper | Tailholt | Teresita | Thompson Corner | Tsa La Gi Indian Village | Pike City | White Oak | Wildcat Point | Zeb
Ghost towns Cave Spring | Chronister | Eureka | Greenleaf | Luckey | New Spring Place | Ozark | Robbins
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Populated places in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
- Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
- Oklahoma geography stubs
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