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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 Caln Meeting House (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 Caln Meeting House. 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.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Caln Meeting House 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 Caln Meeting House. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Caln Meeting House:
Chester County (The home county of Caln Meeting House)
The following are listed by their distance from Caln Meeting House, with the one closest to Caln Meeting House listed first.
Thorndale (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Caln (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Caln is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caln Downingtown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Lyndell (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Lyndell is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndell Cedar Knoll (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cedar Knoll is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll Coatesville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Modena (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Modena is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
South Coatesville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
South Coatesville is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coatesville Population from the 2020 Census: 1,499 people
Cornog (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Cornog is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornog Springton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Springton is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springton Milford Mills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Milford Mills is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Mills Mortonville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Mortonville is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortonville Youngsburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Youngsburg is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsburg Allegheny County
Overbrook (27 miles [43.5 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 Caln Meeting House, with the one closest to Caln Meeting House listed first.
Kenneys (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys Joanna (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Morgantown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
New Morgan (13 miles [20.9 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
Geigertown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Scarlets Mill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Bally (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Plowville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Plowville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville Birdsboro (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Monocacy (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy Beckersville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Beckersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville Amity Gardens (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Alleghenyville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Alleghenyville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Caln Meeting House, with the one closest to Caln Meeting House listed first.
Glen Mills (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Edgemont (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Chester Heights (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Lima (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Chelsea (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Garnet Valley (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Zebleys Corner (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner Elwyn (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Elwyn is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwyn Green Countrie Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Aston Mills (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Glen Riddle (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Rockdale (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Rockdale is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Creekside Village at Naamans (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Indiana County
Ernest (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
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 Caln Meeting House, with the one closest to Caln Meeting House listed first.
Christiana (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Meadville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Beartown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Churchtown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Gap (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Buyerstown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown East Earl (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Kinzers (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Smyrna (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Blue Ball (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Ninepoints (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Weaverland (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Intercourse (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Caln Meeting House, with the one closest to Caln Meeting House listed first.
Bramcote (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Mingo (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Port Providence (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Pottstown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Stowe (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
West Pottsgrove (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Royersford (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Sanatoga (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Audubon (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Pottsgrove (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove Colonial Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Colonial Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Halfway House (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Collegeville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Caln Meeting House, with the one closest to Caln Meeting House listed first.
Manayunk (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Roxborough (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Bartram Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Bartram Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village Chestnut Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Highland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Allen Lane (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane University City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
University City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City Upsal (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Caln Meeting House, with the one closest to Caln Meeting House listed first.
Yorklyn (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Ashland (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Hockessin (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Southwood (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Vintage Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village Centreville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Cokesbury Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Cokesbury Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Village York Towne (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne Mount Cuba (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba Winterthur (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Mendenhall Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Mendenhall Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall Village North Star (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
North Star is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star Montchanin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Caln Meeting House, with the one closest to Caln Meeting House listed first.
Old Line Village of Fair Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Appleton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Blake (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Fair Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Andora (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Barksdale (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale West Creek Village (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
West Creek Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek Village 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 Bank ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Bank was located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank Cherry Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Elk Mills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Calvert (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Sylmar (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Caln Meeting House, with the one closest to Caln Meeting House listed first.
Bridgeport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Beckett (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Gibbstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Caln Meeting House, with the one closest to Caln Meeting House listed first.
Carneys Point (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Pennsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Auburn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Caln Meeting House, see our County-by-County Page for Caln Meeting House .
Cemeteries Near Caln Meeting House ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Caln Meeting House.
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 Caln Meeting House - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Caln Meeting House covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Caln Meeting House, with the one closest to Caln Meeting House listed first.
St. Cecilia Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Fairview Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
St. Joseph Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Ukrainian Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Doe Run Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Doe Run Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> Coatesville . The Doe Run Cemetery has also been known as:
Doe Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244008 <3>
Beth Israel Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Polish Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Fallowfield Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Marshallton UMC Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Grove Methodist Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Oaklands Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex 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 <3>
Continue List (396 more) ...
Oakland Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Oakland Friends Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Friends Cemetery 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 <3>
St. Agnes Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Caln Meeting House in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Caln Meeting House.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Caln Meeting House, with the one closest to Caln Meeting House listed first.
Caln (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Caln is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caln Thorndale (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Guthriesville (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Guthriesville is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthriesville Gallagherville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Gallagherville is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagherville Siousca (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Siousca is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siousca Coatesville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Modena (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Modena is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
Downingtown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Dowlin (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Dowlin is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowlin Lyndell (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Lyndell is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndell Cedar Knoll (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cedar Knoll is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll Mortonville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Mortonville is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortonville Continue List (17 more) ...
Laurel (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Laurel is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Romansville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Romansville is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romansville Woodbine (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Woodbine is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Caln Meeting House. See our List of 1890's Communities around Caln Meeting House .
Newspapers Published in Caln Meeting House ...
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 Caln Meeting House.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Caln Meeting House, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Caln Meeting House.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Caln Meeting House:
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 Gloucester County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Caln Meeting House. 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. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Caln Meeting House) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Caln Meeting House, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.