Cooke County, Texas

Cooke County is a county in Texas. The population of the county is 38,437.
Cooke County 	Texas
Founded 	1849
Named for 	William Gordon Cooke
County seat 	Gainesville
Population 	38,437
Habitat 	Farmland
Cong. District 	13th
County Guildmaster	Lawrence Hodges
Time Zone 	Central (UTC -6/-5)
== Major roads ==
Interstate 35
US Route 77
US Route 82
== Geography ==
=== Adjacent counties ===
Grayson County (east)
Love County, Oklahoma (north)
Denton County (south)
Wise County (southwest)
Montague County (west)
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the county is:
77.00% White (29,596)
17.54% Hispanic or Latino (6,741)
2.76% Other (1,059)
2.71% Black or African American (1,041)
11.7% (4,497) of Cooke County residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Cooke County has below average to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The county reported 8 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 0.99 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
Pokemon 	Location	Rate
Charmander 	Farmland	1-25%
Charmeleon 	Farmland	1-10%
Rattata 	Farmland	1-35%
Raticate 	Farmland	1-20%
Ekans 	Farmland	1-26%
Arbok 	Farmland	1-13%
Pikachu 	Farmland	1-66%
Raichu 	Farmland	1-48%
Sandshrew 	Farmland	1-31%
Sandslash 	Farmland	1-21%
NidoranF/NidoranM	Farmland	1-17%
Nidorina/Nidorino	Farmland	1-7%
Vulpix 	Farmland	1-10%
Ponyta 	Farmland	1-48%
Rapidash 	Farmland	1-28%
Electabuzz 	Farmland	1-40%
Tauros 	Farmland	1-2%
Eevee 	Farmland	1-15%
Vaporeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Jolteon 	Farmland	1-15%
Flareon 	Farmland	1-10%
Cyndaquil 	Farmland	1-35%
Quilava 	Farmland	1-21%
Typhlosion 	Farmland	1-3%
Pichu 	Farmland	1-57%
Mareep 	Farmland	1-66%
Flaaffy 	Farmland	1-56%
Ampharos 	Farmland	1-43%
Espeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Umbreon 	Farmland	1-5%
Elekid 	Farmland	1-65%
Electrike 	Farmland	1-66%
Manectric 	Farmland	1-51%
Plusle/Minun 	Farmland	1-68%
Zangoose 	Farmland	1-25%
Seviper 	Farmland	1-15%
Chimchar 	Farmland	1-30%
Monferno 	Farmland	1-15%
Infernape 	Farmland	1%
Shinx 	Farmland	1-67%
Luxio 	Farmland	1-53%
Luxray 	Farmland	1-36%
Pachirisu 	Farmland	1-63%
Leafeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Glaceon 	Farmland	1-5%
Tepig 	Farmland	1-30%
Pignite 	Farmland	1-15%
Emboar 	Farmland	1%
Emolga 	Farmland	1-65%
Skiddo 	Farmland	1-45%
Gogoat 	Farmland	1-25%
Helioptile 	Farmland	1-65%
Heliolisk 	Farmland	1-49%
Sylveon 	Farmland	1-5%
Dedenne 	Farmland	1-65%
Togedemaru 	Farmland	1-67%
== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
Callisburg - 353
Gainesville - 16,002
Lindsay - 1,018
Muenster - 1,544
Valley View - 757
=== Towns ===
Oak Ridge - 141
=== CDPs ===
Lake Kiowa - 1,906
=== Unincorporated communities ===
Bulcher
Burns City
Dexter
Era
Hood
Leo
Lois
Marysville
Moss Lake
Mountain Springs
Myra
Pioneer Valley
Prairie Point
Rosston
Sivells Bend
Walnut Bend
Woodbine
== Climate ==
Stats 	Amount
Average yearly rainfall 	39 inches
Average yearly snowfall 	2 inches
Average yearly sunny days	232
Severe storm risk 	10 (Very High)
Tornado risk 	9 (Very High)
Blizzard risk 	1 (Very Low)
== Fun facts ==
* Cooke County is one of North Texas' more reliably Republican counties, last voting for a Democrat presidential candidate in 1964 for Lyndon Johnson, and was one of seven counties (the others being the DFW counties and Grayson) to go against Jimmy Carter in his 1976 bid, although Carter would win the state and the presidency anyway.
* Lake Kiowa is a gated residential community that surrounds the lake itself. It has a country club with an 18-hole golf course.
* Much of Lindsay is German Catholic, and has maintained some German traditions, including an annual Oktoberfest. As is typical in the region, the main industries are farming, principally dairy farming, and oil production.
* Muenster was founded in 1889 by German Catholic settlers Carl and Emil Flusche, who invited other German Catholics to join them. The town was originally to be called "Westphalia", but since the name Westphalia, Texas, was already taken, Muenster was selected instead in honor of Münster, the capital of Westphalia, but these cities are not sister-cities. Many residents still spoke German in day-to-day life up until the First World War, after which the language was no longer taught in the schools and steadily declined in use. With more than 90% of the population German and Catholic, the city has preserved many German customs, and still produces traditional foods at the local meat market and Bäckerei. An annual festival in April, Germanfest, includes beer, BBQ, German food, music, and bike and footraces. A Christkindlmarkt is held each year on Thanksgiving weekend.
** Catholicism was so important to the early settlers that they built a school before a church was ever established. That school, Sacred Heart Catholic School, still exists today (one of only four high schools in the Fort Worth Diocese), along with the public Muenster Independent School District.
* The Texas Juvenile Justice Department operates the Gainesville State School in an unincorporated area in Cooke County east of Gainesville.
* Just north of Oak Ridge is the location of a tornado touchdown on May 7th, 1987, that would go on to strike Denison and cause severe damage across much of the city.
* Callisburg is the only known location in the United States to have a trainer with a Ho-oh in her possession.
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