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The former town of Cooksville, in Ontario, Canada, was amalgamated into the City of Mississauga in 1967. Centered around the intersection of the former Ontario Provincial Highway 5 and Ontario provincial highway 10, the old town of Cooksville now makes up the centre of the City of Mississauga.
Cooksville was an important stage coach stop along the Dundas highway (formerly Highway 5), which was carved out of the wilderness after a survey by Asa Danforth in 1798.
Jacob Cook, for whom the area is believed to be named, bought 100 acres at Highways 5 and 10 for $30 in 1819.
The entrepreneur won the contract to deliver the mail from York (Toronto) to Niagara, operated several stage coach lines, was the local magistrate and built the Cooksville House, the first licensed tavern in the area at the northwest corner of Dundas and Hurontario streets in 1829.
Cooksville grew in size and influence until the Great Fire of 1852 razed much of it. A tornado hit the area on June 24, 1923 destroying mostly rural farmhouses around the town.
Most of the information on this page is used with permission from wikpedia, for most current information, please browse to wikpedia on Mississauga
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