TX · GEOID 48097

Cooke County area

Cooke County, Texas covers 898.4 square miles: 874.8 square miles of land and 23.7 square miles of water.

Official Census measurements2026 Gazetteer · retrieved September 27, 2026
Land area874.8 mi²
Water area23.7 mi²
Total area898.4 mi²
National land rank#928

County outline

Generalized outline of Cooke County, Texas
2025 Census cartographic boundary, fitted to this frame. County maps are not at a common scale. The 2026 area measurements below come from the separate Gazetteer release. Map source and limitations.

Where Cooke County is located

Cooke County highlighted on a map of all U.S. county equivalents. About the maps

Area breakdown

Land accounts for 97.4% of Cooke County’s measured area and water for 2.6%. Its combined area converts to 2,327 square kilometers or approximately 575,004 acres.

Green: land · blue: water

MeasurementSquare milesSquare kilometersAcres
Land874.7782,265.665559,857.9
Water23.66561.29215,145.6
Total898.4432,326.957575,003.5

How Cooke County compares

By original Census land area, Cooke County ranks #175 of 254 in Texas and #928 of 3,222 nationally. National rankings include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Its land area is 0.963 times the Texas county-equivalent median of 908.7 square miles. It accounts for 0.3% of the combined county land area in the state.

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What stands out about Cooke County?

Cooke County has more land than 2,294 of the other 3,221 county equivalents in the dataset.

Land area compared with the typical county equivalent
Cooke County874.8 mi²
Texas median908.7 mi²
National median604.5 mi²

A median is the middle county-equivalent measurement, not the average of the largest and smallest. All three bars use the same linear scale. Very small areas may appear as a thin sliver; the labels retain their values.

Does including water change its rank?

Using land plus water places Cooke County at #986 nationally by total area, 58 places farther from the top than its land rank. Other county equivalents gain more area when their water measurements are included.

Its water share is 2.6%, compared with a national county-equivalent median of 1.2% — 1.5 percentage points higher. This describes the statistical geography’s land/water mix, not flood exposure or developable land.

Closest positions in the national land ranking

These entries sit immediately beside Cooke County in the national ranking. They can be in different states and are not necessarily geographic neighbors.

Land rankCounty equivalentLand mi²Comparison
#927Bladen County, North Carolina875Compare
#928Cooke County, Texas874.8This county
#929Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania874.6Compare

Calculated from the same Census release as the area table. Total-area order uses original ALAND + AWATER; water shares and chart labels use published square miles. Calculation details.

Representative coordinates

The Census internal point is 33.639196, -97.210343. It represents a location inside the geography; it is not necessarily the centroid or the address of a courthouse.

Source and precision

U.S. Census Bureau, 2026 Gazetteer Files, Counties. Original ALAND: 2,265,665,495 m²; AWATER: 61,292,681 m². Rankings use ALAND; exact ties use ascending GEOID. Tables preserve Census-published square miles to three decimals, with conversions based on those values.

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Common questions

How many acres of land are in Cooke County?

The land measurement converts to approximately 559,858 acres. Including water, total area is approximately 575,004 acres. One square mile equals 640 acres.

Why might another source show a different area?

Check whether it reports land or total area, its Census vintage, and its rounding. Our guide explains how to reconcile county area figures.

Can this establish a property boundary?

No. Statistical measurements and generalized maps do not establish property lines. Consult the relevant local surveying or land-records authority.

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