Cooks Run, Pennsylvania

Cooks Run is an unincorporated community within Noyes Township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States.

[1][2][3] Cooks Run was first settled around the time of the American Revolution or shortly after and was known for many years as McGinley's Bottom.

[3] On November 3, 1888, a disaster occurred at the Kettle Creek Mine at Cooks Run, killing 17 people.

[7][8] In 2017, Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection announced a $7 million project that could potentially fix this problem.

[8] The Cooks Run Restoration project has been a long-term effort to turn a surface mine back into a forest setting for humans and wildlife.