Cook County (Ga.)
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Name (Hebrew)
מחוז קוק (ג'ורג'יה)
Name (Latin)
Cook County (Ga.)
Other forms of name
nnaa Cook Co., Ga
Coordinates
-83.43333333 -83.43333333 31.16666667 31.16666667 (gooearth )
-83.4304651 -83.4304651 31.1539910 31.1539910 (geonames )
Associated country
Georgia
United States
Associated Language
eng
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm2; 31°10ʹ01ʺN 083°27ʹ00ʺW)
- Cook County was created from Berrien County lands in honor of General Philip Cook, who fought in both the Seminole War and the Civil War, and served in Congress. Adel is the county seat. Cook County was incorporated on July 30, 1918 ( (GeorgiaGov website, viewed March 7, 2019) )
- Tobin (Edgar) Aerial Surveys, San Antonio. Cook County, Georgia, c1951.
Wikipedia description:
Cook County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,229. The county seat is Adel. The constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed July 30, 1918, and ratified November 5, 1918. It is named for former Civil War general Philip Cook of the Confederate States Army. Reed Bingham State Park is in Cook County.
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