Map of Cook city, Minnesota

Cook is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 515 at the 2010 census.

U.S. Highway 53 and State Highway 1 (MN 1) are the two main routes through the city. Cook serves as the gateway to the western half of Lake Vermilion.

Cook city overview:
Name:	Cook city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Minnesota
County:	St. Louis County
Elevation:	1,306 ft (398 m)
Total Area:	2.60 sq mi (6.73 km²)
Land Area:	2.60 sq mi (6.73 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	534
Population Density:	205.38/sq mi (79.30/km²)
ZIP code:	55723
Area code:	218
FIPS code:	2713006
GNISfeature ID:	0661042

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History

The city of Cook was known initially as Little Fork, because of the river of the same name that runs through the city, later known as Ashawa, which means “by the river or across the river”; its name was changed to Cook on August 1, 1908, at the request of the U.S. Postal Service “because of confusion with a village in southern Minnesota named Oshawa”. The town was named in honor of Wirth Cook, an owner of the railroad that was constructed through Cook in 1903 and 1904. Cook was incorporated on May 13, 1926.