{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Cooksville, Wisconsin |settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area|Unincorporated community]] |nickname = |motto =

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'''Cooksville''' is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] in the [[Porter, Wisconsin|Town of Porter]], [[Rock County, Wisconsin]], United States.<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|1563351|Cooksville, Wisconsin}}</ref><ref>[http://wisconsin.hometownlocator.com/wi/rock/cooksville.cfm Cooksville, Wisconsin]</ref>

==History== [[File:Cooksville, Wisconsin - plaque.jpg|thumb|upright|left]] The land where Cooksville lies was originally purchased by the New Hampshire lawyer and statesman, [[Daniel Webster]], for $1.25 an acre. Webster also represented other investors in the land purchase. Early pioneers were established by 1837. Many of the original settlers of the village were from New England and left their imprint on the town and village architecture. Brick homes stand on three sides of a common or square, typical of the New England village tradition. By 1976 there were only 80 residents, half the population of the town in 1850. "Traditional Cooksville has remained the same, untouched by progress. Cooksville residents hope it will continue to be known as a town that time forgot."<ref>Ebel, Sharon and Tom Bowditch, "Cooksville, Town Without Progress", ''Janesville Gazette'', July 3, 1976, p. 6.</ref>

== Community == Cooksville was home to the Cooksville Store, one of the oldest continuously operating general stores in the state of [[Wisconsin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://madison.com/entertainment/dining/historic-general-store-in-cooksville-lives-on-with-help-of/article_e8f86f0c-53b4-11df-ba4f-001cc4c03286.html|title=Historic general store in Cooksville lives on with help of community|author=CHRIS MARTELL |website=madison.com |date=April 30, 2010 |access-date=2020-03-29}}</ref>

The [[Miller House (Cooksville, Wisconsin)|Miller House]], located in the community, is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

==Notable people== * [[Peter Egan (columnist)|Peter Egan]], ''Road & Track'' and ''Cycle World'' columnist * [[Gideon Ellis Newman]], Wisconsin State Representative * [[John L. Savage]], engineer * [[John Wilde (artist)|John Wilde]], painter

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==External links== {{stack|{{commons category|Cooksville, Wisconsin}}}} * [http://www.porterwi.com/index.asp?DE=425054F1-E8B7-46C1-A783-13A8A396C76D&SEC=FCA2D1BB-1370-49B4-9196-46FDFA5BED0E&Type=B_BASIC History of Cooksville] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308194338/https://www.porterwi.com/index.asp?SEC=FCA2D1BB-1370-49B4-9196-46FDFA5BED0E&DE=425054F1-E8B7-46C1-A783-13A8A396C76D&Type=B_BASIC |date=March 8, 2022 }}

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