Cooktown
Cooktown is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is located off Dranesville Road along Folly Lick Branch stream. Cooktown is named for the Cook family who settled in the area after the Civil War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: unincorporated community in Virginia
- Also known as: “Cooktown, VA” and “Cooktown, Virginia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Herndon High School and Herndon Depot Museum.
Herndon High School
School
Herndon High School is a fully accredited four-year public high school in Herndon, Virginia, United States. Herndon serves grades 9-12 and is a part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system.
Herndon Depot Museum
Museum
Photo: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Herndon Depot Museum, also known as the Herndon Historical Society Museum, is located in the town of Herndon in Fairfax County, Virginia. Built in 1857 for the Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad, the depot later served the Richmond and Danville Railroad, the Southern Railway and the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad.
Herndon Historic District
Historic site
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Herndon Historic District is a national historic district located at Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia. It encompasses 173 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Herndon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Herndon and Oak Grove.
Herndon
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herndon is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia, it is part of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. In 2020, the population at the census was 24,655, which makes it the largest of three incorporated towns in the county.
Oak Grove
Village
Oak Grove is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 United States census was 1,777. Oak Grove is located in eastern Loudoun County, on the Fairfax County border, between the communities of Sterling Park and Herndon.
Sterling
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sterling is in Loudoun County, Virginia, about 26 miles west of Washington, D.C.. The population is approximately 41,000 people.
Cooktown
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.98678° or 38° 59′ 12″ northLongitude
-77.38332° or 77° 23′ westElevation
315 feet (96 metres)Open location code
87C4XJP8+PMOpenStreetMap ID
node 158412882OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From French to Volapük—“Cooktown” goes by many names.
- French: “Cooktown”
- Irish: “Cooktown”
- Persian: “کوکتاون، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “کوکتاون”
- South Azerbaijani: “کوکتاون، ویرجینیا”
- Turkish: “Cooktown”
- Volapük: “Cooktown (VA)”
- Volapük: “Cooktown (Virginia)”
- Volapük: “Cooktown, VA”
- Volapük: “Cooktown, Virginia”
- Volapük: “Cooktown”
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