Do you know of Cochranton ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cochranton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Cochranton.<1>

Our sources for Cochranton (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Cochranton other than they indicate that Cochranton would be found somewhere in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named Cochranton ...

We found three communities that share the name Cochranton.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Cochranton.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Crawford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cochranton [Crawford County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
  - Harrison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cochranton [Harrison County].
  - Marion County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cochranton [Marion County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cochranton ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cochranton:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Cochranton - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in Chester County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Chester County.

Ash	Locust Grove
	London Grove
Bacton Station	Londonberry
Baker Station	Londonderry
Beaver
Birmingham Park	Maple Crest
Blue Rock	Maple
Briarton	Marsh
Brintons	McWilliamstown
Broad Run	Megargee
Brooklyn	Meriwether Farms
	Mont Clare
Carver Court
Centerville	Newlin
Chandlerville	North Coventry
Chester Valley Knoll	Norwood
Chester Valley
Cloud	Oakburne
Cold Spring
Collamer	Paperville
Compassville	Parkchester
Copes Bridge	Pawling
Corrine	Penningtonville
Cream	Perkiomen
	Point Lookout
Devon - Berwyn
Doe Run Station	Ridgewood Farm
Dorlan's Mills	Roberts
Downing Hills	Rock Run
	Rolling Glen
East Coventry	Rosenvick
East Downington	Roslyn
East Vincent
Easttown Woods	Saint Marys
Edgemont Farms	Sancanac
Edges Mill	Schuylkill
Everhart	Shelmire
	Shenkel
Fairview Park	Sidley
Falconcrest	Smedley
Ferndale	Springfield
Font
Forrest	Tablet
Fountain Green	Talbotville
Fox Hill	Thorndale Heights
Fremont	Timicula
French Creek Falls	Townsend
French Creek	Tredyffrin
Friendship Village
	Uwchland
Glen
Gum Tree	Valley Creek
	Valley Store
Hanover Heights	Valley
Harbor Woods	Vincent
Harveyville
Heckelville	West Grove Station
	West Nantmeal
Immaculata	West Vincent
Indian King	West Whiteland
	Whiteland Farms
Kenneth	Whiteland
	Wildbrier
Leonard	Willistown Inn
Lincoln University	Wilson
Lincoln
Linfield	Yellow Springs
Lionville - Marchwood
Lionville Station	Zermatt

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Cochranton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.