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| Website | http://www.co.cooke.tx.us/ |
| Established | March 20, 1848 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | RP December 20, 2022 10:59pm |
| Description | Formed , Cooke is named for William Gordon Cooke, a soldier during the Texas Revolution. The county seat is Gainesville. |
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December 24, 1857 -
COOKE lost to creation of CLAY and MONTAGUE.
(Texas Laws 1857, 7th leg., chs. 33-34/pp. 31-33)
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August 27, 1856 -
December 24, 1857
COOKE lost to creation of JACK.
(Texas Laws 1856, 6th leg., adj. sess., ch. 135/pp. 62-64)
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January 23, 1856 -
August 27, 1856
COOKE lost to creation of WISE.
(Texas Laws 1855, 6th leg., reg. sess., ch. 31/p. 23)
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January 24, 1852 -
January 23, 1856
COOKE exchanged with DENTON.
(Texas Laws 1851, 4th leg., reg. sess., ch. 41/p. 32)
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March 20, 1848 -
January 24, 1852
COOKE created from Fannin Land District and Non-County Area 13. Non-County Area 13 eliminated.
(Texas Laws 1847, 2d leg., ch. 130/p. 183)
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