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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 Coxes Village (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 Coxes Village. 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 Coxes Village ...

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.

Coxes Village has also been known as: Cross Village.

Another variation: Coxs Village.

  • A typical abbreviation for Coxes Village: Coxes Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
  • While the name of this community is Coxes Village, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Coxes Village may originally have been Coxe's Village.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Coxes Village might be written as Coxe Village.

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 hospitals and 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.

Coxes Village is located in Carbon County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carbon County: Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton & Schuylkill.

Below are the counties that are near Coxes Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coxes Village:

  • Carbon County     (The home county of Coxes Village)
  • Berks County
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coxes Village, with the one closest to Coxes Village listed first.
    • Berwick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Foundryville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foundryville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
      • Foundryville is located in Columbia County
    • Hetlerville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Briar Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Shumans
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shumans. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
      • Shumans is located in Columbia County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Shumans
      • From Coxes Village to Shumans
    • Mifflinville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mifflinville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflinville
      • Mifflinville is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mifflinville <3>
    • Aristes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aristes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
      • Aristes is located in Columbia County
    • Lime Ridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
      • Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
    • Jonestown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonestown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
      • Jonestown is located in Columbia County
    • Centralia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Mainville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mainville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
      • Mainville is located in Columbia County
    • Almedia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Lackawanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coxes Village, with the one closest to Coxes Village listed first.
    • Belian Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
      • Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
    • Lawrenceville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Spring Brook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lehigh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coxes Village, with the one closest to Coxes Village listed first.
    • Jacksonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Lochland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lochland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland
      • Lochland is located in Lehigh County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lochland
      • From Coxes Village to Lochland
    • Slatedale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Custer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Custer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
      • Custer is located in Lehigh County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Custer
      • From Coxes Village to Custer
    • Emerald
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Emerald. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
      • Emerald is located in Lehigh County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Emerald
      • From Coxes Village to Emerald
    • Friedens
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Slatington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slatington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatington
      • Slatington is located in Lehigh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,311 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slatington <3>
    • Newside
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Stines Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Rising Sun
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • 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.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
      • Rockdale is located in Lehigh County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rockdale
      • From Coxes Village to Rockdale
    • Schnecksville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schnecksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnecksville
      • Schnecksville is located in Lehigh County
  • Luzerne County
  • Monroe County
  • Northampton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coxes Village, with the one closest to Coxes Village listed first.
    • Berlinsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Danielsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lockport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
      • Lockport is located in Northampton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lockport
      • From Coxes Village to Lockport
    • Walnutport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnutport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnutport
      • Walnutport is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walnutport <3>
    • Cherryville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Arndts
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arndts. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndts
      • Arndts is located in Northampton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Arndts
      • From Coxes Village to Arndts
    • Kreidersville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Northampton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Chapman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
      • Chapman is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • Howertown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • North Catasauqua
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Catasauqua have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua
      • North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
    • Weaversville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Northumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coxes Village, with the one closest to Coxes Village listed first.
    • Mount Carmel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Carmel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
      • Mount Carmel is located in Northumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,708 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Carmel <3>
    • Dooleyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Locust Gap
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Natalie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Schuylkill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coxes Village, with the one closest to Coxes Village listed first.
    • Kelayres
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • McAdoo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McAdoo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAdoo
      • McAdoo is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,147 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McAdoo <3>
    • Coaldale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coaldale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
      • Coaldale is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,131 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coaldale <3>
    • Lofty
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lofty. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
      • Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lofty
      • From Coxes Village to Lofty
    • Hometown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Grier City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grier City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier City
      • Grier City is located in Schuylkill County
    • Delano
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Girard Manor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Grier City - Park Crest
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oneida
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Sheppton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheppton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppton
      • Sheppton is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheppton <3>
    • Tamaqua
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tamaqua have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaqua
      • Tamaqua is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,633 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamaqua <3>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coxes Village, see our County-by-County Page for Coxes Village.

Cemeteries Near Coxes Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coxes Village.

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 Coxes Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coxes Village, with the one closest to Coxes Village listed first.

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 Coxes Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coxes Village.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Coxes Village, with the one closest to Coxes Village listed first.

  • Leviston
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leviston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leviston
    • Leviston is located in Carbon County
  • Tresckow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaver Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadows
    • Beaver Meadows is located in Carbon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver Meadows <3>
  • Audenried
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Audenried have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audenried
    • Audenried is located in Carbon County
  • Ebervale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Gerhards
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gerhards have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerhards
    • Gerhards is located in Carbon County
  • Hudsondale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Oakdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
    • Oakdale is located in Luzerne County
  • Cranberry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
    • Cranberry is located in Luzerne County
  • Kelayres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Foundryville ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foundryville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
    • Foundryville is located in Luzerne County
  • Jeddo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeddo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
    • Jeddo is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Drifton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drifton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drifton
      • Drifton is located in Luzerne County
    • Milnesville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milnesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnesville
      • Milnesville is located in Luzerne County
    • Harleigh
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coxes Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coxes Village.

Newspapers Published in Coxes Village ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coxes Village.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coxes Village, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coxes Village.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Coxes Village:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Coxes Village. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Carbon County: www.carboncounty.com/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 Coxes Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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- Coxes Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coxes Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9355, Longitude: -75.9270    









 

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