Welcome to Green Lawn ...

Green Lawn is located in Chester County<1>.

The location of Green Lawn has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Green Lawn, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Green Lawn is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Telephone area codes for Green Lawn: (610) & (484)<4>

Communities Also Named Green Lawn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Green Lawn - it's located in Louisiana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Green Lawn.

Communities near Green Lawn ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Green Lawn.

• Wilmington
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
  • Wilmington is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,376 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmington <5>
• Newark
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Newark is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <5>
• West Chester
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
  • West Chester is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,048 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Chester <5>
• Elkton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
  • Elkton is located in Cecil County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,665 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <5>
• Coatesville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatesville
  • Coatesville is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,006 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coatesville <5>
• Downingtown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Downingtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downingtown
  • Downingtown is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,419 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downingtown <5>
• Kennett Square
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennett Square
  • Kennett Square is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,203 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennett Square <5>
• Elsmere
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmere
  • Elsmere is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,761 people
• Oxford
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Oxford is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,594 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <5>
• New Holland
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
  • New Holland is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,547 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Holland <5>

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 Green Lawn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Green Lawn.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Green Lawn. 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 Green Lawn.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Green Lawn ...

Looking for more information about Green Lawn? 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 Green Lawn, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Green Lawn.

Adding Green Lawn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Green Lawn in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Green Lawn was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Green Lawn on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Green Lawn.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Chester County: www.chesco.org/

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