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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Chain Bridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Chain Bridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chain Bridge, please Contact Us.

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 Chain Bridge (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 Chain Bridge. 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 Chain Bridge ...

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 have occurred.

Chain Bridge has also been known as: Chain Dam.

  • A typical abbreviation for Chain Bridge: Chain Brg. (or less commonly used: Chain Brdg. or Chain Brdge.)

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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Chain Bridge is historic, it would have been located within present day Northampton County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Northampton County: Warren (NJ), Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh & Monroe.

Below are the counties that are near Chain Bridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chain Bridge:

  • Northampton County     (The home county of Chain Bridge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chain Bridge, with the one closest to Chain Bridge listed first.
    • Old Orchard
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Orchard
      • Old Orchard is located in Northampton County
    • Glendon
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glendon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendon
      • Glendon is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 357 people
    • Palmer Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmer Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Heights
      • Palmer Heights is located in Northampton County
    • West Easton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Easton
      • West Easton is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,247 people
    • Wilson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Wilson is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,784 people
    • Easton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lower Saucon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wagnerville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Zucksville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Steel City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steel City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City
      • Steel City is located in Northampton County
    • Middletown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Middletown is located in Northampton County
    • William Penn Manor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Freemansburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Berks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chain Bridge, with the one closest to Chain Bridge listed first.
    • Red Lion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Lion. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
      • Red Lion is located in Berks County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Red Lion
      • From Chain Bridge to Red Lion
    • Rittenhouse Gap
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Hancock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hancock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
      • Hancock is located in Berks County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hancock
      • From Chain Bridge to Hancock
    • Huffs Church
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Dale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lyons
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyons have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
      • Lyons is located in Berks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
    • Topton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Eshbach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Landis Store
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hinterleiter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Monterey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monterey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
      • Monterey is located in Berks County
    • Bechtelsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bechtelsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bechtelsville
      • Bechtelsville is located in Berks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 949 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bechtelsville <3>
    • Eagle Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Bucks County
  • Carbon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chain Bridge, with the one closest to Chain Bridge listed first.
    • Little Gap
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jonesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Palmerton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmerton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton
      • Palmerton is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
    • Bowmanstown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowmanstown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmanstown
      • Bowmanstown is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowmanstown <3>
    • Hazard
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hazard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
      • Hazard is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hazard
      • From Chain Bridge to Hazard
    • Kittatinny
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Parryville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ashfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Weissport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weissport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weissport
      • Weissport is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weissport <3>
    • Lehighton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Germans
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Germans. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans
      • Germans is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Germans
      • From Chain Bridge to Germans
    • Meckesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jim Thorpe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lehigh County
  • Monroe County
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chain Bridge, with the one closest to Chain Bridge listed first.
    • East Greenville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
      • East Greenville is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,937 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Greenville <3>
    • Palm
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pear Tree Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pear Tree Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Tree Village
      • Pear Tree Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Tylersport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Hoppenville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pennsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pennsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsburg
      • Pennsburg is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,853 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pennsburg <3>
    • Red Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
      • Red Hill is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,357 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Hill <3>
    • Telford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Fruitville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Franconia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Souderton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Souderton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Souderton
      • Souderton is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,110 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Souderton <3>
    • Green Lane
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lane
      • Green Lane is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green Lane <3>
    • Hatfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
      • Hatfield is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,323 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatfield <3>
  • Schuylkill County
  • Hunterdon County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chain Bridge, with the one closest to Chain Bridge listed first.
    • Hughesville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pattenburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Everittstown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jutland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jutland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jutland
      • Jutland is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jutland
      • From Chain Bridge to Jutland
    • New Hampton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Pittstown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Barbertown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Clinton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Idell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Idell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idell
      • Idell is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Idell
      • From Chain Bridge to Idell
    • Locktown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Allerton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Annandale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Annandale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annandale
      • Annandale is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
  • Mercer County (NJ)
  • Morris County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chain Bridge, with the one closest to Chain Bridge listed first.
    • Crestmoore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Long Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
      • Long Valley is located in Morris County (NJ)
    • Hacklebarney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Naughright
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Budd Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Somerset County (NJ)
  • Warren County (NJ)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chain Bridge, see our County-by-County Page for Chain Bridge.

Cemeteries Near Chain Bridge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chain Bridge.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chain Bridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chain Bridge, with the one closest to Chain Bridge listed first.

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.

While we didn't find Chain Bridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chain Bridge.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Chain Bridge, with the one closest to Chain Bridge listed first.

  • Glendon
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glendon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendon
    • Glendon is located in Northampton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 357 people
  • Redington
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redington
    • Redington is located in Northampton County
  • South Easton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton
    • South Easton is located in Northampton County
  • Easton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Lower Saucon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stouts
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stouts have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts
    • Stouts is located in Northampton County
  • Raubsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raubsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raubsville
    • Raubsville is located in Northampton County
  • Carpentersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carpentersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpentersville
    • Carpentersville is located in Warren County (NJ)
  • Walters
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walters have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
    • Walters is located in Northampton County
  • Riegelsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Phillipsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Zucksville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chain Bridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chain Bridge.

Newspapers Published in Chain Bridge ...

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 123 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chain Bridge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chain Bridge, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chain Bridge.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Chain Bridge:

The official website for Northampton County: www.northamptoncounty.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Chain Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chain Bridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chain Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6535, Longitude: -75.2481    









 

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