Cooksville, Maryland

Unincorporated community in Maryland, US

Cooksville is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States.^[1] As of 2016, the population was 631. The town was founded by Thomas Cook in 1802.^[2] The crossroads town was anchored by the Joshua Roberts Tavern, where General Lafayette visited in 1824. The inn was destroyed by fire, rebuilt, and demolished a second time.^[3] Thomas Cook exchanged his stake in Cooksville with Thomas Beale Dorsey for the 231-acre Round About Hills slave plantation. A Post Office opened on the 4th of July 1851, the same year Howard County was formed from a portion of Anne Arundel County.^[4] Roberts Inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[5]

On June 29, 1863, J. E. B. Stuart marched 5000 confederate soldiers through Cooksville en route to Westminster.^[6]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cooksville (Populated Place)
^ Seeking Freedom The History of the Underground Railroad in Howard County. p. 54.
^ Barbara Feaga. Howard's Roads to the Past. p. 42.
^ "Checklist of Maryland Post Offices" (PDF). Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Earl Arnett; Robert J. Brugger; Edward C. Papenfuse. Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State. p. 426.