Cooktown

Summary

Cooktown is a town^[1]. Cooktown ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cooktown is located in Shire of Cook^[3].
• Cooktown is located in Queensland^[4].
• Cooktown is in the country of Australia^[5].
• Cooktown's image is recorded as Cooktown.jpg^[6].
• Cooktown's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Cooktown's shares border with is recorded as Laura^[8].
• Cooktown's shares border with is recorded as Lakefield^[9].
• Cooktown's shares border with is recorded as Starcke^[10].
• Cooktown's shares border with is recorded as Hope Vale^[11].
• Cooktown's shares border with is recorded as Lakeland^[12].
• Cooktown's shares border with is recorded as Rossville^[13].
• Cooktown's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139560953^[14].
• Cooktown's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81020023^[15].
• Cooktown's postal code is recorded as 4895^[16].
• Cooktown's Commons category is recorded as Cooktown, Queensland^[17].
• Cooktown's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 11677363^[18].
• +1873-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cooktown^[19].
• Cooktown's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -15.468333333333, 'lon': 145.25027777778}^[20].
• Cooktown's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/051qs2^[21].
• Cooktown's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge682290^[22].
• Cooktown's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cooktown, Queensland^[23].
• Cooktown's page banner is recorded as Cooktown Grassy Hill panorama.jpg^[24].
• Cooktown's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Localities/C/Cooktown/^[25].
• Cooktown's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2631'}^[26].
• Cooktown's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1573'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Cooktown is in the country of Australia^[5]. Located in include Shire of Cook^[3], a local government area of Queensland^[28], in Australia^[29], founded in 1919^[30] and Queensland^[4], a state of Australia^[31], in Australia^[32], founded in 1859^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Cooktown's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+11'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2631'}^[26], {'amount': '+1573'}^[27], {'amount': '+2746'}^[35], and {'amount': '+1797'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Cooktown's instance of is recorded as town^[7].

History and Context

+1873-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cooktown^[19].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Cooktown include Cooktown Airport^[37], an airport^[38], in Australia^[39].

Why It Matters

Cooktown ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).^[2] Cooktown has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40]

Entities named for Cooktown include Cooktown Airport^[37], an airport^[38], in Australia^[39].