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Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Birmingham Estates (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Birmingham Estates. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Birmingham Estates ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Birmingham Estates: Birmingham Ests.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Birmingham Estates is located in Chester County .
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chester County : New Castle (DE) , Cecil (MD) , Berks , Delaware , Lancaster & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near Birmingham Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Birmingham Estates:
Chester County (The home county of Birmingham Estates)
The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham Estates, with the one closest to Birmingham Estates listed first.
Birmingham (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Birmingham is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham Seal (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Seal is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal Coventry Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Coventry Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Village Sconnelltown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Sconnelltown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sconnelltown Brookfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Brookfield is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Suburban Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Suburban Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Village West Chester (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
West Goshen (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
West Goshen is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Goshen Hamorton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Hamorton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamorton Mendenhall (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Norway (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Norway is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Corinne (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Corinne is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne Wawaset (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Wawaset is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawaset Allegheny County
Overbrook (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham Estates, with the one closest to Birmingham Estates listed first.
Joanna (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Kenneys (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys Morgantown (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Bally (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Geigertown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown New Morgan (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
New Morgan is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Amity Gardens (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Monocacy (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy Scarlets Mill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Ironstone (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Birdsboro (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Plowville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Plowville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville Beckersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Beckersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham Estates, with the one closest to Birmingham Estates listed first.
Glen Mills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Chester Heights (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Chelsea (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Garnet Valley (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Zebleys Corner (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner Aston Mills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Glen Riddle (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Lima (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Rockdale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Rockdale is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Creekside Village at Naamans (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Elwyn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Elwyn is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwyn Edgemont (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Boothwyn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Indiana County
Ernest (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Ernest is located in Indiana County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham Estates, with the one closest to Birmingham Estates listed first.
Christiana (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Meadville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Gap (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Ninepoints (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Smyrna (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Beartown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Churchtown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Buyerstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown Kinzers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
East Earl (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Summerhill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Summerhill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill Blue Ball (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Oak Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Oak Hill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham Estates, with the one closest to Birmingham Estates listed first.
Colonial Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Colonial Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Penn Wynne (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Penn Wynne is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Wynne Port Providence (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Ardmore (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Bryn Mawr (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Gulph Mills Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Gulph Mills Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulph Mills Village Gulph Mills (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
King - of - Prussia (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Rampart Ridge (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Rampart Ridge is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rampart Ridge Audubon (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Brandywine Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Brandywine Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine Village Forge Spring Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Forge Spring Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge Spring Village West Conshohocken (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham Estates, with the one closest to Birmingham Estates listed first.
Bartram Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Bartram Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village University City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
University City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City Manayunk (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Roxborough (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Southwest Center City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Southwest Center City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Center City Philadelphia (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Queen Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Queen Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Village Allen Lane (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Chestnut Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Highland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Upsal (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Germantown (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Old City (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Old City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham Estates, with the one closest to Birmingham Estates listed first.
Centreville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Talleyville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Montchanin (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Rockland (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Winterthur (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Greenville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Mount Cuba (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba Arden (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Arden is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arden <1>
Ardencroft (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Ardencroft is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardencroft Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
Ardentown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Ardentown is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardentown Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
Carpenter (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Carpenter is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter White Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
White Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Village Ashland (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham Estates, with the one closest to Birmingham Estates listed first.
Appleton (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Barksdale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Fair Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Old Line Village of Fair Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
West Creek Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
West Creek Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek Village Winding Brook Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Winding Brook Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Brook Village Andora (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Bank ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Bank is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank Elk Mills (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Iron Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Iron Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill Blake (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Cherry Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Blue Ball Village (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village Burlington County (NJ)
Riverton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Riverton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,686 people
Camden County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham Estates, with the one closest to Birmingham Estates listed first.
Brooklawn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Brooklawn is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn Population from the 2020 Census: 1,893 people
Camden (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Camden is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
Gloucester City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
Morgan Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Morgan Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Village Ablett Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village Wood - Lynne (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Wood - Lynne is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood - Lynne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
Glendora (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Glendora is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendora Pennsauken (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Pennsauken is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsauken Blackwood (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Blackwood is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood Delair (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Delair is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delair Golden Triangle (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Golden Triangle is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Triangle Westmont (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Westmont is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont Cherry Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Cherry Hill is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Cumberland County (NJ)
Beals Mill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Beals Mill is located in Cumberland County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beals Mill Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham Estates, with the one closest to Birmingham Estates listed first.
Bridgeport (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Beckett (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Gibbstown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Mickleton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Mickleton is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickleton Thorofare (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare Parkville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Parkville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville Red Bank (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Mullica Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Mullica Hill is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullica Hill Centre City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Centre City is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre City Mantua (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Mantua is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua North Woodbury (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
North Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbury Oak Valley (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Oak Valley is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham Estates, with the one closest to Birmingham Estates listed first.
Carneys Point (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Pennsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Auburn (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Pointers (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers Acton (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Acton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Salem (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Salem is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
Portertown (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Portertown is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown Penton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Penton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton Riddleton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Riddleton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton Quinton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Quinton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton Alloway (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Alloway is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway Whig Lane (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Whig Lane is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Lane Aldine (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Aldine is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Birmingham Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Birmingham Estates .
Cemeteries Near Birmingham Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Birmingham Estates.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Birmingham Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Birmingham Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Birmingham Estates, with the one closest to Birmingham Estates listed first.
Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Hicksite Friends Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Thornbury AME Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Old Cheyney Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Chestnut Grove Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Edgewood Memorial Park (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Rolling Green Memorial Park (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Green Mount Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Longwood Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Quaker Meeting Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex To give a relative sense of its location, the Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . The Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex has also been known as:
Chestnut Grove Annex Cemetery Oaklands Cemetery Annex Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44579 <2>
Oakland Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Continue List (391 more) ...
Oakland Friends Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Friends Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Friends Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . The Oakland Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
Oakland Friends Burial Ground West Chester Orthodox Friends Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2150516 <2>
St. Agnes Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Agnes Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Agnes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45960 <2>
Oaklands Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklands Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oaklands Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45667 <2>
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Birmingham Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Birmingham Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Birmingham Estates, with the one closest to Birmingham Estates listed first.
Dilworthtown (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Dilworthtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilworthtown Thornbury (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Thornbury is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornbury Seal (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Seal is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal Chadds Ford Junction (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Chadds Ford Junction is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadds Ford Junction Chadds Ford (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Brandywine Summit (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Brandywine Summit is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine Summit Thornton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Westtown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Westtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westtown Lenape (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Lenape is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenape Pocopson (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Pocopson is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocopson Parkersville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Parkersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersville Brookfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Brookfield is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Continue List (16 more) ...
Elam (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Elam is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam Ward (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Ward is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Concordville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Birmingham Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Birmingham Estates .
Newspapers Published in Birmingham Estates ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Birmingham Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Birmingham Estates, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Birmingham Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Birmingham Estates:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Berks County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Montgomery County Philadelphia County New Castle County Cecil County Burlington County Camden County Cumberland County Gloucester County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Birmingham Estates. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Chester County: https://www.chesco.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Birmingham Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Birmingham Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.