Cook County, New South Wales

Cook New South Wales
File:Cook NSW.PNG Location in New South Wales
Looking north on the Nepean River near Penrith; Cook County is on the left of the river; Cumberland is on the right
Lands administrative divisions around Cook: Roxburgh Hunter Hunter Westmoreland Cook Cumberland Westmoreland Camden Cumberland

Cook County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It includes the area to the west of Sydney in the Blue Mountains, between the Colo River in the north, and the Coxs River in the south and west, encompassing Lithgow, Mount Victoria, Katoomba, Wentworth Falls, Lawson and most of the other towns in the Blue Mountains. The Nepean River is the border to the east. Before 1834, the area was part of the Westmoreland, Northumberland and Roxburgh counties.[1]

Cook County was named in honour of the navigator James Cook (1728-1779). The Electoral district of Cook and Westmoreland was the first state electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859.

Parishes within this county

A full list of parishes found within this county; their current LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates
Barton	City of Lithgow
Bilpin	City of Hawkesbury
Blackheath	City of Blue Mountains
Bowen	City of Blue Mountains
Burralow	City of Hawkesbury
Capertee	City of Lithgow
Clwydd	City of Lithgow
Colo	City of Hawkesbury
Cooba	City of Blue Mountains
Cook	City of Lithgow
Coomassie	City of Blue Mountains
Cox	City of Lithgow
Currency	City of Hawkesbury
Falnash	City of Lithgow
Gindantherie	City of Lithgow
Goollooinboin	City of Lithgow
Govett	City of Lithgow
Govett South	City of Lithgow
Grose	City of Blue Mountains
Hartley	City of Lithgow
Irvine	City of Hawkesbury
Jamison	City of Blue Mountains
Kanimbla	City of Lithgow
Kedumba	City of Blue Mountains
Kurrajong	City of Hawkesbury
Lett	City of Lithgow
Lidsdale	City of Lithgow
Linden	City of Blue Mountains
Magdala	City of Blue Mountains
Marrangaroo	City of Lithgow
Meehan	City of Hawkesbury
Megalong	City of Blue Mountains
Merroo	City of Hawkesbury
Mouin	City of Blue Mountains
Nepean	City of Hawkesbury
Rock Hill	City of Lithgow
Strathdon	City of Penrith
Warragamba	City of Blue Mountains
Wheeny	City of Hawkesbury
Wilberforce	City of Hawkesbury
Wolgan	City of Lithgow
Wollangambe	City of Lithgow
Wollangambe North	City of Lithgow
Wollemi	City of Hawkesbury
Woodford	City of Blue Mountains