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 Kepples (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 Kepples. 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 doctors and 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.
Kepples is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Kepples. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kepples:
- Butler County (The home county of Kepples)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kepples, with the one closest to Kepples listed first.
- Monroe
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Leasureville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Dennys Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Ekastown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Saxonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Great Belt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Frazier Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Herman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fenelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Glade Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Nixon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- East Butler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowood is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowood
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kepples, with the one closest to Kepples listed first.
- Karns
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Sligo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Brackenridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Natrona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Tarentum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Culmerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Russellton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harwick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Cheswick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Indianola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kepples, with the one closest to Kepples listed first.
- Aladdin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Freeport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Slate Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- McVille
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Neale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Shadyside Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shadyside Village is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside Village
- Shadyside Village has also been known as:
- Buffalo Creek
- Yellow Dog Village
- West Ford City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Ford City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ford City
- Leechburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rosston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rosston is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Ford Cliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ford Cliff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 347 people
- Lenape Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lenape Heights is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenape Heights
- Worthington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ford City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kepples, with the one closest to Kepples listed first.
- Knob
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Wallace City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Economy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Goehring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Goehring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goehring
- Ambridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Baden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Barrisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Barrisville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrisville
- Conway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Freedom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Rochester is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Lillyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Monaca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kepples, with the one closest to Kepples listed first.
- East Brady
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Phillipston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Catfish
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Lawsonham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Bela
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Rimersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Toby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Leatherwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- West Freedom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- New Bethlehem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmont City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Piolett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Callensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kepples, with the one closest to Kepples listed first.
- West Lebanon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Clarksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saltsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Shelocta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- White
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Willet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Aultman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aultman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultman
- Bow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Jacksonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Beyer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Creekside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Creekside is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Shado-Wood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shado-Wood Village is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shado-Wood Village
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kepples, with the one closest to Kepples listed first.
- Grant City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Rose Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kepples, with the one closest to Kepples listed first.
- Bagdad
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- West Leechburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Hyde Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weinel Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Lower Burrell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Arnold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Kensington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East Vandergrift
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parnassus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Oklahoma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- North Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Avonmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kepples, see our County-by-County Page for Kepples.
Cemeteries Near Kepples ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kepples.
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 Kepples - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kepples covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kepples, with the one closest to Kepples listed first.
- Cumberland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Freeport Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Freeport Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Freeport.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44888 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Murphys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Airy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pape Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Millerstown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Leechburg.
- The Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forks - Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #629382 <2>
- Continue List (349 more) ...
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Unity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Unity Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Unity Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Curtisville.
- The Pleasant Unity Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Unity United Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222486 <2>
- Our Lady of Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Kepples in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kepples.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kepples, with the one closest to Kepples listed first.
- Monroe
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Sandy Lick
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sandy Lick is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Lick
- Aladdin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Sarver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leasureville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Sarversville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sarversville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarversville
- Garvers Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Garvers Ferry is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvers Ferry
- Freeport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boggsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boggsville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Slate Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Ekastown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Karns
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Sligo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Bagdad
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- McVille
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kepples. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kepples.
Newspapers Published in Kepples ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kepples.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kepples, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kepples.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Kepples:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Clarion County
- Indiana County
- Lawrence County
- Westmoreland 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kepples) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Kepples, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |