Our Genealogy Helper
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 Hepler (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 Hepler. 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.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Hepler is located in Crawford County.
To see how the shape of Kansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Crawford County: Bourbon, Cherokee, Labette, Neosho, Barton (MO), Jasper (MO) & Vernon (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Hepler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hepler:
- Crawford County (The home county of Hepler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Brazilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brazilton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazilton
- Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Farlington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greenbush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Cato
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cato is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Girard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Wood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dry Wood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Wood
- Englevale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Englevale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
- Ringo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ringo is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringo
- Arma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edison is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Radley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Radley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radley
- Beulah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Savonburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Savonburg is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Elsmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elsmore is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Elsmore has also been known as:
- Elsinore
- Moran
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moran is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Moran has also been known as:
- Moran City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <1>
- Leanna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Leanna is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Bayard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bayard is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- La Harpe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Octagon City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Octagon City is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon City
- Gas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gas is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Mildred
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mildred is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Estimated population in 2019: 23 people
- Humboldt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Petrolia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Petrolia is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Bassett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bassett is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Iola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson County
- Kincaid
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kincaid is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Hiattville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hiattville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville
- Porterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Porterville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Petersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Rockford ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockford is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Pawnee Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Hollister
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hollister is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Uniontown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Ronald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Redfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Marmaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Godfrey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Bronson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Edward
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edward is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Stone City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stone City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Barrett ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barrett is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- East Mineral ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Mineral is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mineral
- Monte Carlo ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Monte Carlo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Carlo
- West Mineral
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Weir
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Carona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Carona is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carona
- Hamilton Camp ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hamilton Camp is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Camp
- Mayer ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mayer is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayer
- Roseland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roseland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Scammon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Labette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Strauss
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Strauss is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strauss
- Parsons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Linn County
- Blue Mound
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Neosho County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Stark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stark is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Saint Paul
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Odense
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Odense is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odense
- Erie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rollin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rollin is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Galesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Galesburg is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Chanute
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Earlton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Earlton is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Thayer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Burgess
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Burgess is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Mindenmines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Liberal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Jasper County (MO)
- Opolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Opolis is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Vernon County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Bronaugh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Deerfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Richards
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Moundville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stotesbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stotesbury is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hepler, see our County-by-County Page for Hepler.
Cemeteries Near Hepler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hepler.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Hepler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hepler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hiattville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farlington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mills Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harmony Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spangler Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (190 more) ...
- Fowler Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hepler had a population of 269 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hepler had a population of 133 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Hiattville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hiattville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville
- Porterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Porterville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Brazilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brazilton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazilton
- Rockford ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockford is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Farlington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stark is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Greenbush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Pawnee Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Kimball
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kimball is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Savonburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Savonburg is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Uniontown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Girard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cato
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cato is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Ronald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hepler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hepler.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hepler ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hepler.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hepler. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hepler and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hepler.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Hepler.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites 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 Hepler:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Anderson County
- Bourbon County
- Cherokee County
- Labette County
- Linn County
- Neosho County
- Barton County
- Jasper County
- Vernon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hepler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hepler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |