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 Kahletown (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 Kahletown. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.
Kahletown is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Armstrong, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest & Indiana.
Below are the counties that are near Kahletown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kahletown:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Kahletown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahletown, with the one closest to Kahletown listed first.
- Sigel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ella
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Howe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Corsica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Brookville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Baxter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Munderf
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Summerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Hazen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Warsaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Schoffner Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- Allens Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Allens Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahletown, with the one closest to Kahletown listed first.
- Millville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- McWilliams
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- South Bethlehem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Eddyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Putneyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Deanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Dayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Tidal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Muff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Wattersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Echo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahletown, with the one closest to Kahletown listed first.
- Cooksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Day
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Helen Furnace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Crown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Waterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Leeper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Strattanville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Crates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Arthurs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Clarion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Frogtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahletown, with the one closest to Kahletown listed first.
- Treasure Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- DuBois
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Stanley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Helvetia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Troutville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Luthersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winterburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Winterburn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterburn
- Rockton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahletown, with the one closest to Kahletown listed first.
- Millstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brockport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Horton City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Shawmut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Challenge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Ridgway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Russell City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- Whistletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whistletown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistletown
- Kylers Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- McKinley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahletown, with the one closest to Kahletown listed first.
- Clarington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Iron City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Tionesta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Balltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Jamison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Sheffield Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Trunkeyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahletown, with the one closest to Kahletown listed first.
- Trade City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Rossiter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marchand
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Smicksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Georgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Mottarns Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Johnsonburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahletown, with the one closest to Kahletown listed first.
- Fertigs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Coal Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- President
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Hill City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Nickleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Pithole City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Colonial Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Plumer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Cranberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Seneca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Siverly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahletown, with the one closest to Kahletown listed first.
- Henrys Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Donaldson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Barnes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Hermit Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Hoover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Sheffield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kahletown, see our County-by-County Page for Kahletown.
Cemeteries Near Kahletown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kahletown.
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 Kahletown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kahletown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kahletown, with the one closest to Kahletown listed first.
- St. Dominics Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hominy Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cook Forest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moorhead Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cedarview Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Riggs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Butler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Crown
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #366360 <2>
- Continue List (125 more) ...
- Miola Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Old Seceder Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Kahletown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kahletown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kahletown, with the one closest to Kahletown listed first.
- Sigel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ella
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Howe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Clarington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cooksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fisher is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Gravel Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Lick is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Lick
- Corsica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Richardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Richardsville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Millstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Day
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Brookville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Redclyffe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Helen Furnace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Baxter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kahletown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kahletown.
Newspapers Published in Kahletown ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kahletown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kahletown, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kahletown.
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 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 Kahletown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Indiana County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- Warren 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 Kahletown, 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- Kahletown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |