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Cookstown Town in south central Ontario, about 80 km north of Toronto via the Highway 400, and is part of the Town of Innisfil. It is located 18 km east of Alliston, about 24 km south of Barrie, about 12 km west of Innisfil's town centre and about 10 km north of Bond Head, and is bordered by New Tecumseth/Essa and Bradford-West Gwillimbury, which almost surround Cookstown except for the northeast. Farmlands lie to the west and north and around the forested areas. Forests and hills are to the south and east.

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Cookstown is accessed by two primary roads. Highway 89 runs east-west and links with Alliston, Shelburne and highway 400. Highway 27 is a north-south route that connects with the towns of Schomberg and Thornton.

• Egbert, northwest
• Thornton, north
• Bond Head, south
• Beeton, southwest
• Alliston, west

• Population: approximately +1,400 (2006)
• Area: -
• Density: -
• Location:
  • Latitude: about 79.9 W
  • Longitude: about 44.3 N
• Area code: +1-705
• Postal code L0L 1L0
• Name of inhabitants: Cookstownians
• Founded: -1847

The urban area includes the old part in the west and north with homes built between the 1960s and the 1990s to the south.

Cookstown is a hub of antique specialty stores and is known as the antique capital of southern Ontario. Cookstown is also known for its annual garage sale called "Wing-Ding" which occurs the first weekend of June every year. The Cookstown Fair is held annually, usually in September.

Cookstown is the birthplace of Emily Murphy, a noted Canadian women's rights activist. In 1916, she became the first woman police magistrate in Alberta, and in the British Empire. She is best known for her contributions to Canadian feminism, specifically to the question of whether women were "persons" under Canadian law.

• Street map from Mapquest
• Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver
• Coordinates: 44°18′N, 79°54′W