Cookson is a community and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the
Cookson Hills of
Cherokee County,
Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
, United States. The population was 826 as of the
2020 Census.
The post office opened April 11, 1895. The ZIP Code is 74427. It is said to have been named for the first postmaster, John H. Cookson.
Demographics
Notes
Sources
*Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. .
Unincorporated communities in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
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