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Cooksville is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. As of 2016, the population was 631. The town was founded by Thomas Cook in 1802. 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. 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. Roberts Inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

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

See also

• Inwood, Maryland
• Shipley's Adventure (Cooksville, Maryland)
• Sarah Jane Powell Log Cabin
• Poverty Discovered
• Lost By Neglect - Pleasant Valley
• Red House Tavern

References

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

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CDPs	Columbia Elkridge Ellicott City Fulton Highland Ilchester Jessup‡ Lisbon North Laurel Savage Scaggsville
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