Editing Cook County, Minnesota

{{short description|County in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Cook County, Illinois|Cook, Minnesota}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Cook County
 | state                = Minnesota
 | seal                 = 
 | founded date         = March 9
 | founded year         = 1874
 | seat wl              = Grand Marais
 | largest city wl      = Grand Marais
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 3340
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 1452
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 1887
 | area percentage      = 57%
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 5600
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 5639 {{increase}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | time zone            = Central
 | web                  = www.co.cook.mn.us
 | named for            = Michael Cook
 | ex image             = Cook County Courthouse.jpg
 | ex image cap         = [[Cook County Courthouse (Minnesota)|Cook County Courthouse]]
 | district             = 8th
}}

'''Cook County''' is the easternmost [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Minnesota]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 5,600,<ref name="QF">{{Cite web |title=State & County QuickFacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cookcountyminnesota/PST045222 |access-date=April 20, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> making it Minnesota's seventh-least populous county. Its [[county seat]] is [[Grand Marais, Minnesota|Grand Marais]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a County |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |access-date=June 7, 2011 |publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The [[Grand Portage Indian Reservation]] is in the county.

==History==
[[Ojibwe people]] were early inhabitants of this area. The first non-indigenous people to explore the area were French fur traders, a few of whom settled in the area. By the 1830s, the French population was a few dozen. In the 1830s, settlers began arriving from [[New England]] and from upstate [[New York (state)|New York]]. The completion of the [[Erie Canal]] (1825) and the settling of the [[Black Hawk War]] (1831) made migration easier.

Most of Cook County's 1830s settlers came from [[Orange County, Vermont]] and [[Down East|Down East Maine]] (modern day [[Washington County, Maine|Washington County]] and [[Hancock County, Maine|Hancock County]]). Most were fishermen and farmers. By 1845 the future Cook County contained 350 people of European descent; by 1874 there were about 2,000. They were primarily members of the [[Congregational church|Congregational Church]], [[Methodist]], and [[Baptist]] churches. By 1900 there were about 3,000 people in Cook County.

The first decade of the 20th century saw a large influx of Europeans from Germany, Scandinavia, and Ireland. These waves introduced [[Lutheranism]] and [[Catholicism]] to Cook County.

The county was created on March 9, 1874.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minnesota Place Names |url=http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/county.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620201420/http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/county.cfm |archive-date=June 20, 2012 |access-date=March 17, 2014 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society}}</ref> It was named for Territorial and State Senator Michael Cook.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Upham |first=Warren |url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog |title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=1920 |page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n154 135]}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Eagle Mountain, Minnesota.jpg|thumb|225px|[[Eagle Mountain (Minnesota)|Eagle Mountain]], the highest natural point in Minnesota at {{convert|2,301|ft|m}}, is located in northern Cook County.]]
Cook County is a rugged, heavily wooded triangle of land on Minnesota's northeastern tip. It abuts [[Canada]]'s southern border and is largely surrounded by the northern end of the Great Lakes. It is heavily dotted with lakes, ponds and streams.<ref name="CCM">[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cook+County,+MN/@47.8954886,-90.2651883,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x52a7eb3e40eeab69:0x1a1bd253b0ba433!8m2!3d47.6051056!4d-90.4931767 ''Cook County MN''  Google Maps (accessed March 6, 2019)]</ref> The state's highest point is in the county, at {{convert|2,301|ft|m|abbr=on}} ASL. The county has an area of {{convert|3340|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1452|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1887|sqmi}} (57%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_27.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019110737/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_27.txt |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |access-date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is Minnesota's second-largest county by area. Minnesota's highest natural point, [[Eagle Mountain (Minnesota)|Eagle Mountain]] at {{convert|2301|ft}}, and the highest lake, [[Lake Abita]] at {{convert|2048|ft}}, are in Cook County. [[Lake Superior]] is at the county's southern border.

===Major highways===
* [[Image:MN-61.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 61]]
* [[Image:Cook County 12 MN.svg|20px]] [[County Road 12 (Cook County, Minnesota)|Cook County Road 12]] – Gunflint Trail

===Adjacent counties===
Cook County is in the extreme northeast of the state at the tip of the [[Iron Range|Arrowhead region]]; it is adjacent to only one other county by land. Its geographic neighbors are:
* [[Rainy River District, Ontario]] [[Canada]] - northwest
* [[Thunder Bay District, Ontario]] [[Canada]] - northeast ([[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] Border east of the [[90th meridian west]])
* [[Lake County, Minnesota|Lake County]] - west
* [[Ashland County, Wisconsin]] - south
* [[Keweenaw County, Michigan]] - east/EST Border
* [[Ontonagon County, Michigan]] - southeast/EST Border

===Protected areas===
{{div col}}
* [[Cascade River State Park]]
* [[Grand Portage National Monument]]
* [[Judge C. R. Magney State Park]]
* Kodunce River State Wayside Area
* [[North Shore State Trail]] (part)
* [[Pat Bayle State Forest]]
* [[Superior National Forest]] (part)
** [[Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Temperance River State Park]]
{{div col end}}
<ref name=CCM/>

==Climate==
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|location = Lutsen, Minnesota
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|Jan high F = 22
|Feb high F = 26
|Mar high F = 35
|Apr high F = 47
|May high F = 56
|Jun high F = 64
|Jul high F = 70
|Aug high F = 70
|Sep high F = 62
|Oct high F = 52
|Nov high F = 39
|Dec high F = 27
|year high F=
|Jan low F = 4
|Feb low F = 7
|Mar low F = 19
|Apr low F = 31
|May low F = 39
|Jun low F = 45
|Jul low F = 52
|Aug low F = 54
|Sep low F = 47
|Oct low F = 38
|Nov low F = 26
|Dec low F = 11
|year low F=
|Jan rain inch = 0.9
|Feb rain inch = 0.7
|Mar rain inch = 1.4
|Apr rain inch = 1.9
|May rain inch = 2.8
|Jun rain inch = 3.5
|Jul rain inch = 3.3
|Aug rain inch = 3.3
|Sep rain inch = 3.6
|Oct rain inch = 2.5
|Nov rain inch = 1.6
|Dec rain inch = 1.1
|year rain inch=26.4
|Jan snow inch = 15.2
|Feb snow inch = 8.1
|Mar snow inch = 8.1
|Apr snow inch = 2.2
|May snow inch = 0.2
|Jun snow inch = 0
|Jul snow inch = 0
|Aug snow inch = 0
|Sep snow inch = 0
|Oct snow inch = 0.4
|Nov snow inch = 3.8
|Dec snow inch = 13.3
|year snow inch= 50.8
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|date=August 2010
}}

Northern Minnesota offers extreme winter weather. While the averages are low, the extremes provide more details. A third of the year is below freezing (31.9%, 116 days, or 4 months). Of those days, 21 are below zero degrees Fahrenheit (−17.8&nbsp;°C).
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|-
! Jan
! Feb
! Mar
! Apr
! May
! June
! Jul
! Aug
! Sep
! Oct
! Nov
! Dec
! Year
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| colspan="12" | Days Below 32&nbsp;°F/0&nbsp;°C<ref name=WX/>
|-
| 20
| 18
| 19
| 13
| 3.5
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.5
| 5.8
| 16
| 20
| 116
|-
| colspan="12" | Days Below 0&nbsp;°F/-17.8&nbsp;°C<ref name=WX/>
|-
| 8.2
| 6
| 1.5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0.5
| 4.8
| 21
|}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 65
|1890= 98
|1900= 810
|1910= 1336
|1920= 1841
|1930= 2435
|1940= 3030
|1950= 2900
|1960= 3377
|1970= 3423
|1980= 4092
|1990= 3868
|2000= 5168
|2010= 5176
|2020= 5600
|estyear=2023
|estimate=5639
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |access-date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br/>1790-1960<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |archive-date=August 11, 2012 |access-date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=University of Virginia Library}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/mn190090.txt |access-date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br/>1990-2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |access-date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF" />
}}

===2020 Census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Cook County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web |title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cook County, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Cook%20County,%20Minnesota&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (NH)
|4,670
|83.4%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (NH)
|25
|0.45%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] (NH)
|450
|8.04%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (NH)
|48
|0.9%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|1
|0.02%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] (NH)
|283
|5.1%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|123
|2.2%
|}

===2000 census===
[[File:CookCountyMn2022PopPyr.png|thumb|right|2022 US Census [[population pyramid]] for Cook County, from [[American Community Survey|ACS]] 5-year estimates]]
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 5,168 people, 2,350 households, and 1,438 families in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|3.56|/mi2|/km2}}. There were 4,708 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3.24|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 89.45% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 7.59% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.33% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.29% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.04% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.25% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.05% from two or more races. 0.75% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 21.6% were of [[German people|German]], 17.7% [[norwegian people|Norwegian]], 11.5% [[swedish people|Swedish]], 7.2% [[Irish people|Irish]] and 5.4% [[English people|English]] ancestry.

There were 2,350 households, of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.73.

The county population contained 20.4% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44. For every 100 females there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.5 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,640, and the median income for a family was $47,132. Males had a median income of $31,211 versus $23,650 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $21,775. About 8.1% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Communities==
===City===
* [[Grand Marais, Minnesota|Grand Marais]] (county seat)

===Census-designated place===
* [[Lutsen, Minnesota|Lutsen]]

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Croftville, Minnesota|Croftville]]
* [[Grand Portage (community), Minnesota|Grand Portage]]
* [[Hovland, Minnesota|Hovland]]
* Maple Hill
* Martin Landing
* [[Mineral Center, Minnesota|Mineral Center]]
* [[Pigeon River, Minnesota|Pigeon River]]
* [[Schroeder, Minnesota|Schroeder]]
* [[Taconite Harbor, Minnesota|Taconite Harbor]]
* [[Tofte, Minnesota|Tofte]]
{{div col end}}
<ref name=CCM/>

===Townships===
* [[Lutsen Township, Cook County, Minnesota|Lutsen Township]]
* [[Schroeder Township, Cook County, Minnesota|Schroeder Township]]
* [[Tofte Township, Cook County, Minnesota|Tofte Township]]

===Unorganized territories===
* [[East Cook, Minnesota|East Cook]]
* [[Grand Portage, Minnesota|Grand Portage]]
* [[West Cook, Minnesota|West Cook]]

===Ghost towns===
* [[Chippewa City, Minnesota|Chippewa City]]
* [[Colvill, Minnesota|Colvill]]

==Government and politics==
Cook County was a Republican-leaning bellwether in all but four elections from 1900 to 2000, with the exceptions being 1912, 1960, 1976 (by only 16 votes), and 1988 (by only 2 votes). The county was one of the rare white-majority rural counties to have its margin increase for [[Joe Biden]] in 2020 relative to [[Barack Obama]]'s 2012 margin, with 66 percent of voters choosing the Democratic nominee. In both 2016<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bloch |first=Matthew |last2=Buchanan |first2=Larry |last3=Katz |first3=Josh |title=An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2016 Election |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html#5.46/63.79/-155.29 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rohla |first=Ryne |title=2020 Presidential General Election Maps: NATIONAL PRECINCT MAP |url=https://maps.rynerohla.com/election-maps/2020-presidential-general-election-maps/}}</ref> it was the largest county by area in the contiguous states where Trump lost every precinct, although several counties in Hawaii and [[list of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|county equivalents]] in western Alaska and [[Southeast Alaska|the northern Panhandle]] beat it in both elections.<ref group="note">In both 2016 and 2020 [[Maui County, Hawaii|Maui County]] in Hawaii alongside [[Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska|Kusilvak Census Area]] and [[Yakutat, Alaska|Yakutat City and Borough]] in Alaska beat Cook County as the largest county-equivalent with no Trump precincts, whilst [[Hawaii County, Hawaii|Hawaii County]] and [[Nome Census Area, Alaska|Nome Census Area]] also beat in it 2016, and [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka City and Borough]] in 2020.</ref> In 2024, Cook County shifted even further to the left, with [[Kamala Harris]]' performance of over 66% being the best ever by a Democratic presidential nominee.<ref>https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/</ref>

===Elections and officeholders===
{{PresHead|place=Cook County, Minnesota|source=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Atlas of US Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |access-date=April 17, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|1,142|2,416|102|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|1,203|2,496|107|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|1,156|1,912|327|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|1,221|1,993|108|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|1,240|2,019|89|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|1,489|1,733|81|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,295|1,171|354|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,010|1,169|350|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|878|1,005|735|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|1,078|1,080|26|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|1,219|1,129|13|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|1,147|871|248|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,034|1,018|78|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,047|742|28|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|853|777|99|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|764|976|2|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|987|650|4|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,078|668|2|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|946|503|5|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|674|688|44|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|513|545|8|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|673|686|7|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|387|793|24|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|418|492|56|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|609|219|11|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|471|29|193|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|467|98|76|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|125|162|76|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|30|65|253|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|255|42|30|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|207|31|12|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|81|65|8|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|81|107|4|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|68|19|45|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|24|29|0|Minnesota}}
{{PresFoot|1884|Republican|46|8|0|Minnesota}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+County Board of Commissioners<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cook County - Members |url=https://cocookmn.civicweb.net/portal/members.aspx?id=10 |access-date=April 25, 2023 |website=www.co.cook.mn.us |language=en-gb}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!District
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Debra White
|District 1
|-
|
|Commissioner 
|Stacey Hawkins
|District 2
|-
|
|Commissioner
|David Mills
|District 3
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Ann Sullivan
|District 4
|-
|
|Commissioner 
|Ginny Storlie
|District 5
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+State Legislature (2018-2020)
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!Affiliation
!District
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"|
|Senate
|[[Grant Hauschild]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=MN State Senate |url=https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1252 |access-date=March 23, 2023 |website=www.senate.mn |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|District 3
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|House of Representatives
|[[Roger Skraba]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rep. Rob Ecklund (03A) - Minnesota House of Representatives |url=https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/profile/15452 |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=www.house.leg.state.mn.us}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|District 3A
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+U.S Congress (2018-2020)
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!Affiliation
!District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|[[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|[[Pete Stauber]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representative Pete Stauber |url=https://stauber.house.gov/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=Representative Pete Stauber |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Minnesota's 8th congressional district|8th]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|[[United States Senate|Senate]]
|[[Amy Klobuchar]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar |url=https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=www.klobuchar.senate.gov}}</ref>
|[[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democrat]]
|N/A
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|[[United States Senate|Senate]]
|[[Tina Smith]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.smith.senate.gov/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=Senator Tina Smith |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democrat]]
|N/A
|}

==See also==
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Minnesota]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.co.cook.mn.us/ Cook County Government's website]
* [[Minnesota Department of Transportation|Mn/DOT]] – maps of Cook County ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120908012450/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/cook1.pdf Southwest portion], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120910161640/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/cook2.pdf Eastern portion], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120910161713/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/cook3.pdf Northwest portion])

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Cook County, Minnesota
|North     = [[Thunder Bay District|Thunder Bay District, Ontario]] {{flagicon|CAN}}
|Northeast = [[Thunder Bay District|Thunder Bay District, Ontario]] {{flagicon|CAN}}
|East      = ''[[Lake Superior]]''<br/>[[Keweenaw County, Michigan]]
|Southeast = ''[[Lake Superior]]''<br/>[[Ontonagon County, Michigan]]
|South     = ''[[Lake Superior]]''<br/>[[Ashland County, Wisconsin]]
|Southwest = ''[[Lake Superior]]''<br/>[[Bayfield County, Wisconsin]]
|West      = [[Lake County, Minnesota|Lake County]]
|Northwest = [[Rainy River District|Rainy River District, Ontario]] {{flagicon|CAN}}
}}

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