Cooke County | |
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Coordinates: 33°38′00″N 97°13′00″W / 33.633333333333°N 97.216666666667°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
Founded | 1849 |
Seat | Gainesville |
Largest city | Gainesville |
Area | |
• Total | 898 sq mi (2,330 km2) |
• Land | 875 sq mi (2,270 km2) |
• Water | 24 sq mi (60 km2) 2.6% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 41,668 |
• Density | 46/sq mi (18/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | 26th |
Website | www |
Cooke County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. At the 2020 census, its population was 41,668.[1][2] The county seat is Gainesville.[3] The county was founded in 1848 and organized the next year. It is named for William Gordon Cooke, a soldier during the Texas Revolution. It is a part of the Texoma region.
Cooke County comprises the Gainesville, TX micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Dallas–Fort Worth, TX-OK combined statistical area.