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 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 Schuylkill County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Schuylkill County: Berks, Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne & Northumberland.
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:
- Schuylkill County (The home county of Hepler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Rough and Ready
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rough and Ready is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready
- Pitman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haas is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas
- Hegins
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Klingerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fountain is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Orwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Orwin is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin
- Tower City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Keffers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Keffers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keffers
- Joliett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Joliett is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliett
- Donaldson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Donaldson is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Meckville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Bethel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Schubert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Schubert is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
- Mount Aetna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rehrersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Strausstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wintersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- New Schaefferstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
- Shartlesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bernville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Heidelberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
- Womelsdorf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Locustdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centralia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aristes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aristes is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
- Numidia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Numidia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
- Newlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Queen City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Queen City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Slabtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slabtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Catawissa
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grovania
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Grovania is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
- Rupert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Bloomsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Erdman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Erdman is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
- Williamstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Gratz
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lykens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalton
- Pillow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Berrysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabethville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carsonville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Rife
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rife is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife
- Enders
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Enders is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Knousetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Knousetown is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown
- Richfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Seven Stars
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Seven Stars is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Gold Mine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
- Murray
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Murray is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Green Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Green Point is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point
- Inwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Inwood is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Lickdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lickdale is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickdale
- Fort Indiantown Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap
- Fredericksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jonestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bunker Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bunker Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Greble
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greble is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble
- Heilmandale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Heilmandale is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilmandale
- Mount Zion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Newtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Mountain Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Danville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mooresburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Washingtonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Exchange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Leck Kill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leck Kill is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leck Kill
- Gowen City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
- Bear Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bear Valley is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Edgewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Edgewood is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Marshallton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
- Shamokin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Trevorton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Farnsworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Farnsworth is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnsworth
- Kulpmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Alaska
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Bear Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Liverpool
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pfoutz Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley
- New Buffalo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Buffalo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Reward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Reward is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
- Bailey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Marysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Perdix
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Dundore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dundore is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore
- Port Trevorton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hummels Wharf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Selinsgrove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shamokin Dam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chapman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chapman is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- McKees Half Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls
- Hoffer
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hoffer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer
- Freeburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Freeburg is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Pallas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pallas is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas
- Kratzerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- Aline
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Aline is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Linntown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Linntown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown
- New Berlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Milton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Mifflinburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Columbia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mazeppa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Red Bank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bank is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
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.
- Jacobs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Andrew's UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shamokin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Williamstown.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44808 <2>
- Summit Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Gratz.
- The Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gratz Union Cemetery
- Simeon Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2273655 <2>
- Donaldson Community Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- St. Peter's Reformed Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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 131 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hepler, with the one closest to Hepler listed first.
- Line Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Line Mountain is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Mountain
- Rough and Ready
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rough and Ready is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready
- Kehler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kehler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kehler
- Sacramento
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Valley View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pitman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leck Kill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leck Kill is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leck Kill
- Haas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haas is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas
- Gowen City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
- Hegins
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbrier
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenbrier is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Klingerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Good Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Good Spring is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Spring
- Greenback
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenback is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback
- Shamokin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hepler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hepler, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hepler.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Schuylkill County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Columbia County
- Dauphin County
- Juniata County
- Lebanon County
- Luzerne County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Perry County
- Snyder County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hepler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |