Cooksville is an

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in Howard County,

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, 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

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visited in 1824. The inn was destroyed by fire, rebuilt, and demolished a second time. Thomas Cook exchanged his stake in Cooksville with

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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

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. Roberts Inn was listed on the

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in 1973. On June 29, 1863, J. E. B. Stuart marched 5000 confederate soldiers through Cooksville en route to

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