Our Genealogy Helper
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 Chadds Ford (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 Chadds Ford. 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 Chadds Ford ...
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.
A typical abbreviation for Chadds Ford: Chadds Frd. While the name of this community is Chadds Ford, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1> Chadds Ford may originally have been Chadd's Ford.Chadds Ford might be written as Chadd Ford. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Chadds Ford is located in Delaware 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 Delaware County : New Castle (DE) , Gloucester (NJ) , Chester , Montgomery & Philadelphia .
Below are the counties that are near Chadds Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chadds Ford:
Delaware County (The home county of Chadds Ford)
The following are listed by their distance from Chadds Ford, with the one closest to Chadds Ford listed first.
Zebleys Corner (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner Chelsea (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Garnet Valley (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Glen Mills (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Chester Heights (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Creekside Village at Naamans (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Boothwyn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Lima (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Rockdale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Rockdale is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Village Green - Green Ridge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Allegheny County
Overbrook (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Chadds Ford, with the one closest to Chadds Ford listed first.
Kenneys (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys Joanna (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Morgantown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Bally (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Geigertown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown New Morgan (26 miles [41.8 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Monocacy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy Scarlets Mill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Ironstone (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Beckersville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Beckersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville Birdsboro (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Chadds Ford, with the one closest to Chadds Ford listed first.
Brookfield (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Brookfield is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Norway (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Norway is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Birmingham (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Birmingham is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham Seal (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Seal is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal Hamorton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Hamorton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamorton Mendenhall (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Corinne (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Corinne is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne Sconnelltown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Sconnelltown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sconnelltown Red Lion (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Red Lion is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Coventry Village (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Coventry Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Village Wawaset (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Wawaset is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawaset Kennett Square (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Indiana County
Ernest (21 miles [33.8 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 Chadds Ford, with the one closest to Chadds Ford listed first.
Christiana (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
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 Meadville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Buyerstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown Beartown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Churchtown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Kinzers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Summerhill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Summerhill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill Oak Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Oak Hill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill East Earl (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Chadds Ford, with the one closest to Chadds Ford listed first.
Bryn Mawr (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Colonial Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Colonial Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Port Providence (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Ardmore (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Gulph Mills Village (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Gulph Mills Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulph Mills Village King - of - Prussia (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Penn Wynne (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Penn Wynne is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Wynne Rampart Ridge (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Rampart Ridge is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rampart Ridge Audubon (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Brandywine Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Brandywine Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine Village Gulph Mills (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Narberth (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Chadds Ford, with the one closest to Chadds Ford listed first.
Bartram Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Bartram Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village University City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
University City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City Southwest Center City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Southwest Center City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Center City Manayunk (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Roxborough (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Philadelphia (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Queen Village (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Queen Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Village Old City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Old City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City Allen Lane (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Chestnut Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Germantown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Highland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Chadds Ford, with the one closest to Chadds Ford listed first.
Centreville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Winterthur (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Talleyville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Montchanin (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Rockland (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Greenville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Arden (6 miles [9.7 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 <2>
Ashland (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Mount Cuba (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba Yorklyn (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Ardencroft (7 miles [11.3 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 (7 miles [11.3 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
Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Chadds Ford, with the one closest to Chadds Ford listed first.
Appleton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Barksdale (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Fair Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Iron Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Iron Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill West Creek Village (18 miles [29 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 (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Winding Brook Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Brook Village Andora (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Bank ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Bank is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank Elk Mills (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Old Line Village of Fair Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Blake (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Cherry Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Camden County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Chadds Ford, with the one closest to Chadds Ford 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
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
Camden (25 miles [40.2 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
Morgan Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Morgan Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Village Ablett Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village Wood - Lynne (26 miles [41.8 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 Blackwood (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Blackwood is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood Pennsauken (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Pennsauken is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsauken Westmont (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Westmont is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont Delair (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Delair is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delair Golden Triangle (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Golden Triangle is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Triangle Cumberland County (NJ)
Beals Mill (29 miles [46.7 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 Chadds Ford, with the one closest to Chadds Ford listed first.
Bridgeport (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Beckett (14 miles [22.5 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 east)
Mickleton is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickleton Thorofare (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare 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 Parkville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Parkville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville Red Bank (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Avis Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Avis Mills is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis Mills Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Chadds Ford, with the one closest to Chadds Ford listed first.
Carneys Point (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Pennsville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Auburn (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Pointers (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers Salem (21 miles [33.8 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
Acton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Acton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Portertown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Portertown is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown Penton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Penton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton Riddleton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Riddleton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton Alloway (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Alloway is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway Quinton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Quinton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton Whig Lane (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Whig Lane is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Lane
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chadds Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Chadds Ford .
Cemeteries Near Chadds Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chadds Ford.
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 Chadds Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chadds Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chadds Ford, with the one closest to Chadds Ford listed first.
Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Quaker Meeting Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> Wilmington (DE) . The Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Lower Brandywine Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #289047 <4>
Thornbury AME Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Longwood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Chester Bethel Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Edgewood Memorial Park (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Old Cheyney Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Hicksite Friends Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Chestnut Grove Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Union Hill Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Continue List (381 more) ...
St. Josephs Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Jewish Community Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Lombardy Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Chadds Ford had a population of 318 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chadds Ford, with the one closest to Chadds Ford listed first.
Chadds Ford Junction (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Chadds Ford Junction is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadds Ford Junction Norway (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Norway is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Brookfield (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Brookfield is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Cossart (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Cossart is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cossart Fairville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Fairville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville Granogue (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Granogue is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granogue Elam (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Elam is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam Brandywine Summit (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Brandywine Summit is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine Summit Dilworthtown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Dilworthtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilworthtown Seal (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Seal is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal Pocopson (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Pocopson is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocopson Mendenhall (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Continue List (16 more) ...
Centreville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Concordville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Thornbury (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Thornbury is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornbury
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chadds Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chadds Ford .
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Chadds Ford:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Delaware County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Berks County Chester County Indiana County Lancaster County Montgomery County Philadelphia County New Castle County Cecil 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 Chadds Ford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Delaware County: https://delcopa.gov/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Chadds Ford) 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 Chadds Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.