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Welcome to Kaneville ...

Kaneville is located in Venango County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kaneville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Kaneville is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Kaneville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Kaneville - they are located in Illinois and Nova Scotia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kaneville.

Communities near Kaneville ...

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

  • Oil City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Franklin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Titusville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Sugarcreek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
  • Cochranton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Pleasantville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Polk
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Polk is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
  • Tidioute
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Emlenton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Hydetown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Hydetown is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kaneville ...

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

Adding Kaneville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kaneville 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 Kaneville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Kaneville post office opened in 1895. The Kaneville post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kaneville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Venango, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kaneville - 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/