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 Kerrsville (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 Kerrsville. 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 and doctors 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.
Kerrsville is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Adams, Dauphin, Franklin, Perry & York.
Below are the counties that are near Kerrsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kerrsville:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Kerrsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrsville, with the one closest to Kerrsville listed first.
- Bears Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Plainfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Huntsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Montsera
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Big Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Caprivi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caprivi is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi
- Barnitz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barnitz is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz
- Carlisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Craighead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Craighead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craighead
- Schlusser
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Schlusser is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser
- Mount Holly Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrsville, with the one closest to Kerrsville listed first.
- Gardners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Idaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Idaville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Bendersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gargol
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- Latimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- Aspers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- York Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guernsey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Guernsey is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Arendtsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Biglerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Trust
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Trust is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Heidlersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- Plainview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plainview is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrsville, with the one closest to Kerrsville listed first.
- Harrisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hillside Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Dauphin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Hunter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
- Lucknow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lucknow is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow
- Edgemont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Penbrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Steelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Paxtang
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Progress
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Stone Glen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen
- Bloomburg Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomburg Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomburg Village
- Lawnton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrsville, with the one closest to Kerrsville listed first.
- Mowersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Orrstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pinola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pinola is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola
- Roxbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Pleasant Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
- Green Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Caledonia Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia Park
- Mount Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Union is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Doylestown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Newbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Brownsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Dry Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrsville, with the one closest to Kerrsville listed first.
- Blairs Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Neelyton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton
- Shade Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Aughwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Orbisonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rockhill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
- Shirleysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrsville, with the one closest to Kerrsville listed first.
- East Rutherford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Perulack
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Waterloo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- McCullochs Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Old Port
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Doyles Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Peru Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Reeds Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Mexico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Port Royal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Locust Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Mifflin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrsville, with the one closest to Kerrsville listed first.
- Anderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Juniata Terrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Mattawana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Newton Hamilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrsville, with the one closest to Kerrsville listed first.
- Landisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alinda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Centre
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Falling Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Cisna Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Bixler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Elliottsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Kistler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- New Germantown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mecks Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Blain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eshcol
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Ickesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrsville, with the one closest to Kerrsville listed first.
- Uniontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Dillsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Siddonsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Siddonsburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg
- Mount Top
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Top is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top
- Andersontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Andersontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Wellsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rossville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rossville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Rudytown ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rudytown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown
- Nauvoo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nauvoo is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
- Alpine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Alpine is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Lewisberry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Market
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Market is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Harmony Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kerrsville, see our County-by-County Page for Kerrsville.
Cemeteries Near Kerrsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kerrsville.
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 Kerrsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kerrsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kerrsville, with the one closest to Kerrsville listed first.
- Prospect Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- John Graham Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Newville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Valley Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McClures Gap Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westminister Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Holly Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Green Spring Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring Cemetery
- The Green Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
- Irishtown Cemetery
- Cumberland County Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Springville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (198 more) ...
- Letort Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letort Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Letort Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Carlisle.
- The Letort Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kutz Cemetery
- Kutz's Cemetery
- Letort UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1965543 <2>
- Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Landisburg Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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 Kerrsville had a population of 64 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kerrsville, with the one closest to Kerrsville listed first.
- Mount Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mount Rock is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rock
- Greason
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greason is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greason
- Plainfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Big Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Longsdorf
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Longsdorf is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longsdorf
- Dickinson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dickinson is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickinson
- Huntsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Montsera
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Stoughstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stoughstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughstown
- Hays Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hays Grove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Grove
- Barnitz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barnitz is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Green Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Walnut Bottom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Bottom is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bottom
- Bonny Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bonny Brook is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Brook
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kerrsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kerrsville.
Newspapers Published in Kerrsville ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kerrsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kerrsville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kerrsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Kerrsville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allegheny County
- Dauphin County
- Franklin County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Perry County
- York 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 Kerrsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Kerrsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |