Cox Town

Cox Town, Bengaluru is a neighborhood of the Bangalore Cantonment, located in the central part of the city and named after the last Collector and District Magistrate of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station, Alexander Ranken Cox, Indian Civil Services.
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  • Type: Quarter
  • Description: suburb in BBMP, Karnataka, India
  • Also known as: Cox Town, Bangalore”, “Cox Town, Bengaluru”, “Jeevanahalli”, and “Sarvagnanagar

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bengaluru East railway station and St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral.

Railway station
, also known as Bangalore East railway station, is an old British-era railway station surrounded by Pottery Road, Kumaraswamy Naidu Road, Murgesha Mudaliar Road and Kenchappa Road.

Church
St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore in . Initially, Bangalore was the seat of the diocese of Mysore from 1886 to 1940 and during this time, St.

Railway station
is an Indian Railways train station located in , Bangalore, in the Indian state of , which is about 12 km away from the Bangalore City railway station and serves the Banaswadi and Baiyyappanahalli areas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cooke Town and Fraser Town, Bengaluru.

Quarter
is a neighbourhood in Bangalore Cantonment, in Bangalore Central, India. Built as a suburb before Indian Independence, it is one of Bangalore's oldest neighbourhoods, established when the Bangalore Civil and Military Station was governed by the Madras Government.

Suburb
, is an elite locality of Bangalore Cantonment, located in the Central part of the City spread over 4 km2. It was established in 1906 and is named after Stuart Mitford Fraser, who was the tutor and guardian of Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, Maharaja of Mysore.

Neighborhood
or Knoxpete, is a suburb located near Bangalore Cantonment, . It is one of the oldest planned suburbs of the Cantonment, and was earlier known as Knoxpete, and was later changed to Hoysala Nagar.

Cox Town

Latitude
12.99548° or 12° 59′ 44″ north
Longitude
77.62393° or 77° 37′ 26″ east
Elevation
910 metres (2,986 feet)
Open location code
7J4VXJWF+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 430051518
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
6692773
Wiki­data ID
Q18750207
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In Other Languages

From Kannada to Tamil—“Cox Town” goes by many names.
  • Kannada: ಕಾಕ್ಸ್ ಟೌನ್
  • Tamil: காக்சு நகரம்
  • Tamil: காக்ஸ் டவுன்

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Notable Places Nearby

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