Cacoosing, Pennsylvania
{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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Cacoosing is an unincorporated community in Spring Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Cacoosing is located along State Hill Road at the crossing of Cacoosing Creek.
History
A post office called Cacoosing was established in 1878, and remained in operation until 1902.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=PA&county=Berks |title=Berks County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=1 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113095100/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=PA&county=Berks |archive-date=13 January 2016 }} The community was named for nearby Cacoosing Creek.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DgAuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DJoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5795%2C3041054 | title=Some peculiar post office names in Berks | work=Reading Eagle | date=Nov 27, 1910 | access-date=2 December 2015 | pages=11}}
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Berks County, Pennsylvania