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.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Cold Spring is located in York 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 York County: Baltimore (MD), Carroll (MD), Harford (MD), Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin & Lancaster.
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:
- York 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.
- Jefferson
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Strickhousers
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Strickhousers is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickhousers
- Valley Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Junction is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Hanover Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hanover Junction is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Junction
- Seven Valleys
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brodbecks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brodbecks is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodbecks
- Glenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glenville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Glatfelters
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glatfelters is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glatfelters
- New Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Salem is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
- Glen Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Loganville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Seitzland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seitzland is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seitzland
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Abbottstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McSherrystown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Midway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- East Berlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edgegrove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Edgegrove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgegrove
- New Oxford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hampton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Littlestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brush Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Run
- Newchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Newchester is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newchester
- Whitehall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Whitehall is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Lake Meade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Lisburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Allenview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Hunters Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Run is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
- Lower Allen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- New Cumberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shiremanstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Trindle Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs
- Boiling Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Holly Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Barnitz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barnitz is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz
- Craighead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Craighead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craighead
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Royalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Highspire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Middletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Steelton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Lawnton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Paxtang
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Hummelstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Penbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Rutherford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Falmouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Marietta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Creswell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Creswell is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Washington Borough
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Borough is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Borough
- Highville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Highville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highville
- Central Manor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Central Manor is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Manor
- Letort
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Letort is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letort
- Rheems
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Elizabethtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Baltimore County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Eklo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eklo is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eklo
- Freeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Maryland Line
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Line is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Line
- Shamburg ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Shamburg is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Walker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walker is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Gorsuch Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills
- Parkton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trump
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trump is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trump
- Shane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shane is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shane
- Stablersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stablersville is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stablersville
- Mount Carmel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Carroll County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Lineboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lineboro is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineboro
- Young Mans Fancy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Young Mans Fancy is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Mans Fancy
- Roller
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Roller is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roller
- Manchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Reeds Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Reeds Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Village
- Rockbrook Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rockbrook Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook Village
- Hampstead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carrollton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Carrollton is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Frizzellburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Frizzellburg is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frizzellburg
- Frizzellburg has also been known as:
- Frizels
- Westminster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Yorkland is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkland
- Tyrone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tyrone is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Frederick County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Sams Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sams Creek is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Creek
- Emmitsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ladiesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ladiesburg is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiesburg
- Oak Orchard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Orchard is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Orchard
- New Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Midway is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Midway
- Rocky Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Harford County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Shawsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shawsville is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsville
- Federal Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Federal Hill is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hill
- Jarrettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hess
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hess is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess
- Cambria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cambria is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Pylesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coopstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coopstown is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopstown
- Putnam Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam Village is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Village
- Street
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Upper Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Crossroads is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Crossroads
- Montgomery County (MD)
- High Point Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- High Point Estates is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point Estates
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.
- Folkenroth Burial Grounds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Porters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hershey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dubs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Codorus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- York Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Road Cemetery
- The York Road Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bairs Meeting House Cemetery
- Seitz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (355 more) ...
- Emmanuel UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mumma Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Black Rock Church of the Brethren Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Cold Spring had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Jefferson
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Strickhousers
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Strickhousers is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickhousers
- Valley Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Junction is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Neiman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Neiman is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neiman
- Larue
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Larue is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue
- Hanover Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hanover Junction is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Junction
- Seven Valleys
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Menges Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Menges Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menges Mills
- Porters Sideling
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Porters Sideling is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Sideling
- Marburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marburg
- Brodbecks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brodbecks is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodbecks
- Glenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glenville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Martin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Martin is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Iron Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Iron Ridge is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Ridge
- Glen Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 73 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 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. 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 start 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 York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Cumberland County
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Baltimore County
- Carroll County
- Frederick County
- Harford County
- Montgomery 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> | 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- Cold Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cold Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |