Linda Taylor

McCook, Nebraska was established in 1882 when the plat for the original town was filed, however, it was not officially organized as a village until December 3, 1883. It became a second-class city in 1886, and finally a first-class city on December 21, 1933. McCook was named in honor of Alexander McDowell McCook, a Brigadier General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.