Cook, Ohio
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| GNIS feature ID | 1070722[1] |
Cook is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Fayette County, Ohio, United States. It is located along Cook-Yankeetown Road (Fayette County Highway 34), just west of its intersection with U.S. Route 62/State Route 3.[2]
The community is named after Matthew S. Cook, the original owner of the town site, who gave the right of way to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.[3] The Cook Post Office was established on January 20, 1885, but closed on March 31, 1933. The mail service is now sent through the Mount Sterling branch.[4]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cook, Ohio
- ^ Rand McNally, The Road Atlas, Chicago, 2006, p.80
- ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 34.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cook Post Office
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