Cooke City (Mont.)
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Name (Latin)
Cooke City (Mont.)
Coordinates
-109.9344444 -109.9344444 45.01944444 45.01944444 (gooearth )
W1095603 W1095603 N0450100 N0450100 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
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Sources of Information
- Glidden, R. Exploring the Yellowstone high country, 1982, c1976:t.p. (in title: Cooke City) p. 11 (in Montana; located 4 mi. east of the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park)
- Rand McN. commer. atlas, 1979(Cooke City, Park (County), Mont.)
Wikipedia description:
Cooke City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Park County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 77. Prior to 2010, it was part of the Cooke City-Silver Gate CDP. The community sits northeast of Yellowstone National Park on the Beartooth Highway, which leads east to Red Lodge, Montana, on a scenic route climbing to 10,947 feet (3,337 m) in elevation through the Beartooth Mountains and across the Beartooth Plateau. The town's chief industry is tourism, which during the winter includes skiing and snowmobiling. It is named for Jay Cooke, financier of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
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