THE COOKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Sedimentary and Metasedimentary Ridges setting.
Cooke township has 19.8 square miles of land in Cumberland County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Sedimentary and Metasedimentary Ridges, within Blue Ridge.
Forested ridges, plateaus and high mountains extend through the Blue Ridge. Elevation, rainfall and sheltered coves create marked differences in forest communities across short distances.
Regional context: Blue Ridge ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Cooke and Cumberland County
Cooke is associated with Cumberland County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Cooke by land and water
The Census records 0.08 square miles of water within Cooke, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.9% recorded for Cumberland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cooke township has 46.3% of the land area of nearby Menallen township (42.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

