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 Cold Spring (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 Cold Spring. 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 Cold Spring ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cold Spring: Cold Spg. (or less commonly used: Cold Spng. or Cold Sprng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cold Spring. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cold Spring.
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.
Cold Spring 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 Cold Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cold Spring:
- Wayne County (The home county of Cold Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Tanners Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Siko
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Siko is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siko
- High Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- High Lake is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Lake
- Dyberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Aldenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Bethany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Carley Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
- Poyntelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
- Calkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Calkins is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calkins
- Lakewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Boyds Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boyds Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Mills
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Simpson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vandling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
- Carbondale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jermyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Cortez
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
- Archbald
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Green Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Craig
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Wilsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Masthope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Masthope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Kimble
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Westcolang
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- Rowland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paupack
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tafton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lackawaxen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ledgedale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Blooming Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Lords Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Parkers Glen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parkers Glen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Union Dale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Forest City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burnwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Ararat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Thompson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Royal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- South Gibson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Jackson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jackson
- Gibson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gibson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Lenoxville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Nicholson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Factoryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Deposit
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gulf Summit
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gulf Summit is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
- Edson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edson is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- Windsor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Delaware County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Pea Brook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
- Hancock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rock Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Cadosia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
- Peakville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peakville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakville
- Chiloway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chiloway is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiloway
- Butternut Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Butternut Grove is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Grove
- Cooks Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks Falls is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Falls
- Harvard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harvard is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Horton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Gregorytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gregorytown is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorytown
- Shinhopple
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Long Eddy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Callicoon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cochecton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hankins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Narrowsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- North Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cochecton Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Acidalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Acidalia is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acidalia
- Tusten
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
- Jeffersonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cold Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Cold Spring.
Cemeteries Near Cold Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cold Spring.
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 Cold Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cold Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Bolkcom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Julianas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wheeler Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glass Factory Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Dyberry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Simpson - Sherwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Schoonover Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Uniondale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (223 more) ...
- Burdick Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Keen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dyberry Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Cold Spring had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Niagara
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Niagara is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Rileyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rileyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileyville
- Whites Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whites Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Valley
- Tanners Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Siko
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Siko is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siko
- Girdland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Girdland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdland
- High Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- High Lake is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Lake
- Aldenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Dyberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- West Damascus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Damascus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Damascus
- Bethany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Carley Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Pleasant Mount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Como
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Torrey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Torrey is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cold Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cold Spring.
Newspapers Published in Cold Spring ...
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 Cold Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cold Spring, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cold Spring.
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 Cold Spring:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lackawanna County
- Pike County
- Susquehanna County
- Wyoming County
- Broome County
- Delaware County
- Sullivan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Cold Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Cold Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |