Coboconk has a prominent role in the logging, limestone, and tourism industries of the Kawartha Lakes region over the past 150 years.

The tracks were lifted in 1965, and the station moved to its present location in the Laidlaw Heritage Village, overlooking Legion Park in 1995.

[5] While most of the mills have been torn down, the kilns remain in place on Queen street, and are visible as one enters the village from the south on Highway 35.

[5] On January 1, 2001, being located within Bexley and Somerville townships, Coboconk was incorporated into the newly formed city of Kawartha Lakes.

[15] The village lies within the Gull River valley on the ridge between the Paleozoic Limestone region of South-Central Ontario and the Precambrian Granite Canadian Shield.

[16] Coboconk lies between the northern tip of Balsam Lake, and the southernmost point of the Gull River drainage system.

A dam divides the two watersheds, as well as controlling the water levels of Balsam and Mitchell Lakes,[17] the highest point on the Trent–Severn Waterway.

Though it does not contain a hospital (The nearest being equidistant in either Lindsay or Minden), it does have a fire hall with a single pumper; a public school named Ridgewood P.S.

[27] This legend, however, can be attributed to the builder of the jail, Albert Ryckman, who left several bricks in place without mortar with the foresight that should he be caught after a night at the local pub, known as the Pattie House, he could simply escape unnoticed.

[30] The village was featured in the news when Bob Edmonds, a resident, had his winning lottery ticket stolen by the local convenience store clerk.

[31] The ensuing scandal began a series of changes within the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation to improve the security of claiming prizes.