Cookstown District Council (Irish: Comhairle Cheantar na Coirre Críochaí; Ulster Scots: Districk Cooncil o Cookestoun) was a district council covering an area largely in County Tyrone and partly in County Londonderry.

Local elections were held every four years using the single transferable vote system.

The chairman and vice-chairman of the council were elected at the annual general meeting each June.

[1] The proposed reforms were abandoned in 2010, and the final district council elections took place in 2011[2] The Cookstown District Council area consisted of 3 electoral areas: Drum Manor, Ballinderry and Cookstown Central.

The area covered by the Cookstown District Council had a population of 37,013 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.