Cooktown, Virginia
Encyclopedia
Cooktown is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County
, Virginia
, United States
. It is located off of Dranesville Road along Folly Lick Branch stream. Cooktown is named for the Cook family who settled in the area after the American Civil War
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Fairfax County, Virginia
Fairfax County is a county in Virginia, in the United States. Per the 2010 Census, the population of the county is 1,081,726, making it the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with 13.5% of Virginia's population...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is located off of Dranesville Road along Folly Lick Branch stream. Cooktown is named for the Cook family who settled in the area after the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
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