Official Name: | Cooks, Michigan |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Label: | Cooks |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Schoolcraft |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Inwood |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 699 |
Coordinates: | 45.9178°N -86.4764°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
Postal Code: | 49817 |
Area Code: | 906 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1619567 |
Cooks is an unincorporated community in Schoolcraft County, Michigan, United States. Cooks is located in Inwood Township along the Canadian National Railway north of U.S. Route 2, 11.5miles west-southwest of Manistique.[1] Cooks has a post office with ZIP code 49817.[2]
Cooks was founded in 1883 when John C. Cook built a sawmill at the community. The community was originally named Cook's Mills before being shortened to Cooks. A post office opened in the community on June 28, 1888; Norman McDonald was the first postmaster. The community had a station on the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad under the name Cooks Mill.[3]