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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 Coggins Corner (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 Coggins Corner. 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 Coggins Corner ...
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 Coggins Corner: Coggins Cor. (or less commonly used: Coggins Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Coggins Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Coggins Corner may originally have been Coggin's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Coggins Corner might be written as Coggin Corner.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Coggins Corner is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Broome (NY), Delaware (NY), Sullivan (NY), Lackawanna, Monroe, Pike & Susquehanna.
Below are the counties that are near Coggins Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coggins Corner:
- Wayne County (The home county of Coggins Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coggins Corner, with the one closest to Coggins Corner listed first.
- Keen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Aldenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Bethany
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Prompton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Waymart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest City Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Dyberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Tanners Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Seelyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Seelyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Honesdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carley Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
- Siko
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Siko is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siko
- South Canaan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coggins Corner, with the one closest to Coggins Corner listed first.
- Vandling
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
- Simpson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carbondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jermyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cortez
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
- Archbald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Green Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Jessup
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Blakely
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peckville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coggins Corner, with the one closest to Coggins Corner listed first.
- Houston City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Avoca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Duryea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Dupont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hughestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Pittston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Pittston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Exeter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coggins Corner, with the one closest to Coggins Corner listed first.
- Mount Pocono
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tobyhanna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coggins Corner, with the one closest to Coggins Corner listed first.
- Wilsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Kimble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Ledgedale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Paupack
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tafton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Masthope
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Masthope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Rowland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westcolang
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- Blooming Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Lackawaxen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Panther
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Lords Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Sterling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coggins Corner, with the one closest to Coggins Corner listed first.
- Forest City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Lenoxville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Royal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- South Gibson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Kingsley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Hop Bottom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coggins Corner, with the one closest to Coggins Corner listed first.
- Factoryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Nicholson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Winola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Avery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Marcy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Osterhout
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Lake Carey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Lemon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- South Eaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Tunkhannock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coggins Corner, with the one closest to Coggins Corner listed first.
- Gulf Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gulf Summit is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
- Deposit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Delaware County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coggins Corner, with the one closest to Coggins Corner listed first.
- Pea Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
- Hancock
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rock Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Cadosia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
- Peakville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peakville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakville
- Chiloway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chiloway is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiloway
- Butternut Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Butternut Grove is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Grove
- Cooks Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks Falls is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Falls
- Horton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coggins Corner, with the one closest to Coggins Corner listed first.
- Narrowsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cochecton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tusten
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
- Callicoon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cochecton Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hankins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Long Eddy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Falls Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Yulan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Barryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eldred
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coggins Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Coggins Corner.
Cemeteries Near Coggins Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coggins Corner.
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 Coggins Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coggins Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coggins Corner, with the one closest to Coggins Corner listed first.
- Keen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Canaan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glass Factory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Schoonover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Dyberry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Saints Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Canaan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Darling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dyberry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (225 more) ...
- Green Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- South Canaan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Coggins Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coggins Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coggins Corner, with the one closest to Coggins Corner listed first.
- Keen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Aldenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Waymart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prompton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Bethany
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fermoy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fermoy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fermoy
- Seelyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Seelyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Dyberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Tanners Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Whites Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Whites Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Valley
- Forest City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Honesdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Carbondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Canaan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Cherry Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Ridge is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coggins Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coggins Corner.
Newspapers Published in Coggins Corner ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coggins Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coggins Corner, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coggins Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Coggins Corner:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Susquehanna County
- Wyoming County
- Broome County
- Delaware County
- Sullivan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Coggins Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coggins Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |