Cookeville City History
 Location has always favored Cookeville. Chosen for its two springs and its central spot in the new county of Putnam, it was chartered in 1856 as the county seat and named for Richard Fielding Cooke, a major landholder in the area, who was the state senator instrumental in founding the county in 1854.
Local individuals honored Cooke by naming the new county seat after him. In July of 1854, 40 acres of land that had been purchased from Charles Crook was auctioned off. The first streets were Broad, Jefferson, Spring, East, Monroe, Narrow, and Glade. A log grocery store was the first building contructed in Cookeville and stood where the Cumberland Presbyterian Church stands at Dixie and Broad Street today.
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Putnam County History
 Putnam County was first established on 2 February 1842 when the Twenty-fourth General Assembly enacted a measure creating Putnam County from portions of Jackson, Overton, Fentress, and White Counties.
Isaac Buck, Burton Marchbanks, Henry L. McDaniel, Lawson Clark, Carr Terry, Richard F. Cooke, H. D. Marchbanks, Craven Maddox, and Elijah Con, all of Jackson County, were named by the Act to superintend the surveying of the new county. After its original formation in 1842 was declared unconstitutional, Putnam County was firmly established 11 February 1854 when Richard Fielding Cooke's bill, with amendments, cleared the Tennessee Richard CookeHouse.
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Cookeville CityScape
 CityScape is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization governed by 15 to 25 member Board of Directors. CityScape was created to establish a partnership between public and private sectors dedicated to the revitalization of the Historic Downtown business district.
This community effort features a comprehensive strategy that includes four elements which parallel the National Main Street's Center approach with emphasis on historic preservation.
- Organization:
CityScape works to build partnerships with public and private sectors to develop the untapped potential of the Historic Downtown Cookeville/Putnam County area. We are a membership organization, and we rely on relationships with public officials and private individuals to work together to make Downtown Cookeville a great place to live, work and play.
- Promotion:
CityScape works to market Historic Downtown Cookeville as a dynamic and exciting place through special events and publicity campaigns. CityScape strives to communicate to the public the potential vitality of downtown, demonstrating that Downtown Cookeville has meaning to all citizens of Putnam County.
- Design:
CityScape works to enhance the visual image of downtown, paying special attention to signs, store-fronts, landscapes and displays. CityScape's projects strive to accentuate the beauty and character of historic and new structures that make our downtown unique: the Putnam County Courthouse, Criminal Justice Center, the Library, Cookeville City Hall, the Drama Center, the Depot and many others.
- Economic Development:
CityScape works to improve the economic appeal of downtown by strengthening its existing assets and diversifying its economic base. Economic development activities include helping to recruit business, encouraging the conversion of unused downtown space into housing, offices or retail establishments, and analyzing market trends.
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