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Cooke County

county in Texas, United States
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Summary

Cooke County is a county of Texas[1]. It draws 406 Wikipedia views per month (county of texas category, ranking #63 of 258).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Texas[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Gainesville[5]
  • Shares border with: Denton County[6], Grayson County[7], Wise County[8], Montague County[9], Love County[10]
  • Named after: William Gordon Cooke[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Gainesville[12]
  • Commons category: Cooke County, Texas[13]
  • Inception: 1849[14]
  • Official website: http://www.co.cooke.tx.us[15], https://www.co.cooke.tx.us/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cooke County, Texas[17]
  • Population: 38,437[18], 38,449[19], 38,363[20], 38,726[21], 38,467[22], 39,229[23], 41,668[24]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Cooke County, Texas[25]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Cooke County, Texas[26]
  • Number of households: 15,530[27]
  • Native label: Cooke County[28]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110259[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Cooke County, Texas[30]
  • Different from: Cook County[31], Coke County[32]
  • Area: 2328 km²[33]
  • Water as percent of area: 2.6 percent[34]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Cooke County, Texas[35]
  • Per capita income: 32,078 US dollars[36]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Cooke County, Texas.tab[37]

Why It Matters

Cooke County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

Texas United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · DontCallMeLateForDinner · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bar', 'be', 'bg', 'bpy', 'cdo', 'ceb', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es
    Named after → William Gordon Cooke
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Named after: William Gordon Cooke"
  2. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Cooke County, Texas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Cooke County, Texas.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential e"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomicon id → 1807845
    Umls cui → C3831013
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  4. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of Texas
    Official website → http://www.co.cooke.tx.us, https://www.co.cooke.tx.us/
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Gainesville
    Instance of → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110259, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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