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Although never incorporated and not being the city's largest historic community, its central crossroads location meant much of the early suburban growth in
Mississauga (Toronto Township before 1967) occurred in the area around Cooksville. For much of that time it had the highest concentration of
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take-out restaurants and barber shops; the area is known to cater towards
Mississauga's black community because of the large number of barber shops in close proximity to one another. Nevertheless, the area is multicultural and most cultures are represented in the area.
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The settlement was originally named
Harrisville in honour of Daniel Harris, Cooksville's first settler, who immigrated from the United States in 1807. Later in 1836, the settlement was renamed to the present name Cooksville after Jacob Cook.
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Dundas Street, a four-lane street; and
Hurontario Street, a six-lane street, are the main thoroughfares in Cooksville, and intersect at the heart of the neighbourhood. This intersection was the junction of former provincial
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in the area at the northwest corner of Dundas and
Hurontario streets in 1829. A heritage Mississauga sign on Hurontario Street north of the intersection claims it was the first Canadian location of winemaking in 1836.
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The census tracts for the area, include three separate neighbourhood designations by the City of
Mississauga: Cooksville NHD (Neighbourhood), DT Cooksville (Downtown) and DT Hospital (site of the large
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Cooksville grew in size and influence until the Great Fire of 1852 razed much of it. That year, the McClelland-Copeland
General store opened and is now the areas longest surviving building. A severe
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had worked at the yard for a short period during his youth. Today, the redeveloped site is a medium density residential and retail zone along
Shoreline Dr., just south of the infamous
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brickyard that sprawled south of the CP rail line from 1912 until its closure in 1995, employing many
Cooksville residents over that period. The Italian Heavyweight champion boxer,
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hit the area on June 24, 1923, destroying mostly rural farmhouses around the town. On the west side of the town there was a 182
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521:Percentage
518:Population
333:Mississauga
199:Mississauga
1057:Meadowvale
1047:Lorne Park
1032:Hurontario
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1002:Creditview
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489:Highway 10
469:GO Transit
400:magistrate
369:stagecoach
339:region of
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296:Area codes
238:Population
233:Jacob Cook
136:Cooksville
107:April 2014
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977:Applewood
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