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Welcome to Cossart Creek ...

Cossart Creek is located in Chester County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Cossart Creek: Cossart Crk. (or less commonly used: Cossart Ck. or Cossart Cr.)

Cossart Creek is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cossart Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Cossart Creek: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities Also Named Cossart Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cossart Creek - it's located in Delaware.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cossart Creek.

Communities near Cossart Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cossart Creek.

  • Wilmington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Wilmington is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,376 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmington <4>
  • Newark
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Newark is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <4>
  • Chester
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • West Chester
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Elkton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Elkton is located in Cecil County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,665 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <4>
  • Coatesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lansdowne
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Collingdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Downingtown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Brookhaven
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cossart Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cossart Creek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cossart Creek. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cossart Creek.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cossart Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Cossart Creek.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cossart Creek ...

Looking for more information about Cossart Creek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cossart Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cossart Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Chester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cossart Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Cossart Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Cossart Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.