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Welcome to Little Cooley ...

Little Cooley is located in Crawford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Cooley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Little Cooley is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Little Cooley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Little Cooley.

  • Meadville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Corry
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Edinboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Titusville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Union City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Cambridge Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Waterford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Cochranton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Saegertown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Saegertown is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saegertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
  • Pleasantville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Cooley ...

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

Adding Little Cooley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Little Cooley 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 (so far) for Little Cooley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Little Cooley post office opened in 1854. The Little Cooley post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Cooley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Crawford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little Cooley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/