Cook County is a

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located in the south central portion of the

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,229. The

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is Adel. The constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed July 30, 1918, and ratified November 5, 1918. It is named for former Civil War general Philip Cook of the

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Reed Bingham State Park Reed Bingham State Park is a 1,613 acre (6.53 km2) Georgia state park in Colquitt County and Cook County located 5 miles east of Ellenton. The park surrounds a 375-acre (1.52 km2) lake that is a tourist attraction in southern Georgia ...

is in Cook County.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.6%) is water. The western half of Cook County, located roughly west of

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, is located in the Little River sub-basin of the

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basin. The eastern half of the county is located in the Withlacoochee River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin.