Snaith and Cowick is a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is situated approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) west of the town of Goole

Goole

Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately inland on the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...

 and covering an area of 2406.612 hectares (5,946.9 acre).

The civil parish is formed by the town of Snaith

Snaith

Snaith is a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire local government area of England. It is situated approximately west of Goole on the A1041 road at its junction with the A645 road...

 and the villages of East Cowick

East Cowick

East Cowick is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately east of the town of Snaith. It lies on the A1041 road and just north of the M62 motorway.It forms part of the civil parish of Snaith and Cowick.-Buildings:...

 and West Cowick

West Cowick

West Cowick is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south east of the town of Snaith and just to the south of the A1041 road and north of the M62 motorway.It forms part of the civil parish of Snaith and Cowick....

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According to the 2001 UK census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

, Snaith and Cowick parish had a population of 3,028.

The parish was part of the Goole Rural District

Goole Rural District

Goole was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1974.It was created under the Local Government Act 1894, based on most of the Goole rural sanitary district . The town of Goole itself formed a separate urban district...

 in the West Riding of Yorkshire

West Riding of Yorkshire

The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county, County of York, West Riding , was based closely on the historic boundaries...

 from 1894 to 1974, then in Boothferry district of Humberside

Humberside

Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber Estuary, created from portions of the East and West ridings of Yorkshire and parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire...

until 1996.