Cooke n 1: United States journalist (born in England in 1908) [syn: {Cooke}, {Alistair Cooke}, {Alfred Alistair Cooke}] 2: United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905) [syn: {Cooke}, {Jay Cooke}]
Cooke -- U.S. County in Texas Population (2000): 36363 Housing Units (2000): 15061 Land area (2000): 873.635202 sq. miles (2262.704690 sq. km) Water area (2000): 25.170649 sq. miles (65.191679 sq. km) Total area (2000): 898.805851 sq. miles (2327.896369 sq. km) Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48 Location: 33.621744 N, 97.168280 W Headwords: Cooke Cooke, TX Cooke County Cooke County, TX