Cooksville, Wisconsin
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Coordinates:42°50′07″N89°14′26″W/ 42.83528°N 89.24056°W | |
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County | Rock |
Elevation | 269 m (883 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-6(Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5(CDT) |
Area code | 608 |
GNISfeature ID | 1563351[1] |
Cooksvilleis anunincorporated communityin theTown of Porter,Rock County, Wisconsin,United States.[1][2]
History
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The land where Cooksville lies was originally purchased by the New Hampshire lawyer and statesman,Daniel Webster,for $1.25 an acre. Webster also represented other investors in the land purchase. Early pioneers were established by 1837. Many of the original settlers of the village were from New England and left their imprint on the town and village architecture. Brick homes stand on three sides of a common or square, typical of the New England village tradition. By 1976 there were only 80 residents, half the population of the town in 1850. "Traditional Cooksville has remained the same, untouched by progress. Cooksville residents hope it will continue to be known as a town that time forgot."[3]
Community
[edit]Cooksville was home to the Cooksville Store, one of the oldest continuously operating general stores in the state ofWisconsin.[4]
TheMiller House,located in the community, is listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.
Notable people
[edit]- Peter Egan,Road & TrackandCycle Worldcolumnist
- Gideon Ellis Newman,Wisconsin State Representative
- John L. Savage,engineer
- John Wilde,painter
References
[edit]- ^ab"Cooksville, Wisconsin".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior.
- ^Cooksville, Wisconsin
- ^Ebel, Sharon and Tom Bowditch, "Cooksville, Town Without Progress",Janesville Gazette,July 3, 1976, p. 6.
- ^CHRIS MARTELL."Historic general store in Cooksville lives on with help of community".madison.com.RetrievedMarch 29,2020.
External links
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