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 Cossart Creek (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 Cossart Creek. 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 Cossart Creek ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cossart Creek: Cossart Crk. (or less commonly used: Cossart Ck. or Cossart Cr.)
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Below are the counties that are near Cossart Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cossart Creek:
Chester County (The home county of Cossart Creek)
The following are listed by their distance from Cossart Creek, with the one closest to Cossart Creek listed first.
Brookfield (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brookfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hamorton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Monocacy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Creekside Village at Naamans (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creekside Village at Naamans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Aston Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rockdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Village Green - Green Ridge (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Village Green - Green Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Village Green - Green Ridge is located in Delaware County
Glen Riddle (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glen Riddle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ninepoints. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buyerstown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oak Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beartown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kirks Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Port Providence. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Allen Lane. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Wayne Junction (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wayne Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Cuba. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Cokesbury Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
Kentmere (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kentmere. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Cossart Creek, with the one closest to Cossart Creek listed first.
Appleton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Appleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fair Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Iron Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Old Line Village of Fair Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Line Village of Fair Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westmont. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thorofare. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hancocks Bridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Whig Lane. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cossart Creek.
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 Cossart Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cossart Creek, with the one closest to Cossart Creek listed first.
Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
To give a relative sense of its location, the Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> to the southeast of Wilmington (DE).
The Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quaker Meeting Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jewish Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Lombardy Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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St. Patrick's Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
The New Garden Orthodox Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
New Garden Friends Lower Cemetery
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.<6>
While we didn't find Cossart Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cossart Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cossart Creek, with the one closest to Cossart Creek listed first.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brookfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hamorton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Cuba. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cossart Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cossart Creek, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cossart Creek.
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 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 Cossart Creek:
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.
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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.
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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- Cossart Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cossart Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8338, Longitude: -75.6228 In this case, the coordinates for Cossart Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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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.
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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 Cossart Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.