Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
COCKE COUNTY, situated on the southeast boundary of Tennessee, with Nolachucky river on the north. Area, 374 square miles. Seat of justice, Newport. Pop. in 1820, 4,892; in 1830, 6,048; in 1840, 6,992; in 1850, 8,200. (Fanning's, 1853)