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Welcome to Cains ...

Cains is located in Lancaster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cains, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

Cains is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cains lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Cains: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Cains ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cains - it's located in Georgia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cains.

Communities near Cains ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cains.

  • Lancaster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • West Chester
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Ephrata
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Coatesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Downingtown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Kennett Square
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Oxford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Oxford is located in Chester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,594 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <4>
  • New Holland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Shillington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Birdsboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cains. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cains.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cains. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cains.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cains. See our Newspapers Page for Cains.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cains ...

Looking for more information about Cains? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cains, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cains.

Adding Cains to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cains in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cains was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

We also found Cains in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cains.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lancaster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cains - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Cains area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Cains area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.