Cookson is a community in the Cookson Hills of Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. 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.

Cookson, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°42′39″N 94°55′12″W
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	Cherokee
Area [1]
• Total	15.35 sq mi (39.74 km2)
• Land	12.87 sq mi (33.34 km2)
• Water	2.47 sq mi (6.41 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	826
• Density	64.17/sq mi (24.78/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	74427
Area code	(918)
FIPS code	40-16950

Demographics

Notable people

• Professional fisherman and television host Jimmy Houston[3]

The Ballew family still stands to be the majority residing family in the town of Cookson (and its surrounding areas).

• Professional Visual Effect Artist Jason Hesley and Animation Studio Creative By Habit, Inc.[4]
• Professional fisherman Jared Miller

Notes

Sources

• Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .

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